function with a state

[Xah Lee]

is it possible in Python to create a function that maintains a variable
value?

something like this:

globe=0;
def myFun():
  globe=globe+1
  return globe

apparently it can't be done like that. I thought it can probably be
done by prefixing the variable with some package context...

the Python doc is quite stilted. Where in the python doc is a programer
supposed read about how the package/module system in Python works?
(besides the tutorial that touches it)

 Xah
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