You could use a class: class factorial():
def fac(self, n): if n == 0: return 1 else: return n * self.fac(n - 1) def __call__(self, n): return self.fac(n) factorial = factorial() print factorial(5) -- Greg _______________________________________________ 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