Michael Chermside wrote: > # start of module > initialized = False > > def doSomething(): > if not initialized: > initialize()
But how do you do this if the thing in question is a class rather than a function? The module could export a function getSomeClass() that clients were required to use instead of just referencing the class, but that would be klunky in the extreme. BTW, I agree that special *syntax* isn't necessarily needed. But it does seem to me that some sort of hook is needed somewhere to make this doable smoothly, that doesn't exist today. -- Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | A citizen of NewZealandCorp, a | Christchurch, New Zealand | wholly-owned subsidiary of USA Inc. | [EMAIL PROTECTED] +--------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
