using "private" parameters as static storage?

[Steve Holden]

Steve Holden wrote:
> Joe Strout wrote:
>> One thing I miss as I move from REALbasic to Python is the ability to
>> have static storage within a method -- i.e. storage that is persistent
>> between calls, but not visible outside the method.  I frequently use
>> this for such things as caching, or for keeping track of how many
>> objects a factory function has created, and so on.
>>
[...]
> I think you'd be much better off creating an instance of a class and
> using that.
> 
Or, as JP suggested, a generator function. This allows you to maintain
whatever state you need in the function's local namespace.

regards
 Steve
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