encapsulating a global variable

[Rhodri James]

On 25/02/2020 15:20, BlindAnagram wrote:
>> class GetIt:
>>    seen = dict()
>>
>>    def __call__(self, piece):
>>      return GetIt.seen[piece]
>>
>> get_it = GetIt()
>>
>> but then you have a global class instance hanging around, which is not
>> actually any better than a global dictionary.
> This doesn't work for me since get_it(piece) returns the error:
> 
> builtins.TypeError: get_it() takes no arguments

It works for me (pace sticking something in GetIt.seen to avoid getting 
a KeyError).  You aren't muddling up the class name and instance name 
are you?

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Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd