Functionality like local static in C

[Dieter Maurer]

Cecil Westerhof wrote at 2022-4-14 17:02 +0200:
>In C when you declare a variable static in a function, the variable
>retains its value between function calls.
>The first time the function is called it has the default value (0 for
>an int).
>But when the function changes the value in a call (for example to 43),
>the next time the function is called the variable does not have the
>default value, but the value it had when the function returned.
>Does python has something like that?

In "C" a variable designates a storage location; assignment to
the variable changes the stored value.

In "Python" a variable designates an object.
Assignments to the variable do not change the object but
the association variable-object.

The im|mutability of the object determines whether the object
can or cannot have different values.
Mutable objects can behave similar to storage locations,
e.g.

class StaticVariable:
  def __init__(self, v): self.v = v
  def set(self, v): self.v = v
  def get(self): return self.v

static_emul = StaticVariable(...)

def f(...):
  ...
  static_emul.set(...)
  ...