> > > Statics are still hidden global state, and those can be problematic > regardless of being function local or module global. Having global state > like this affects testability and can affect threading as well. >
I think this is a very good point. I'm no expert, but I know a HUGE amount of old C code isn't thread-safe -- and static has something to do with that? Not that people shouldn't be allowed to write non thread-safe code in Python, but it shouldn't be encouraged. An awful lot of code is written with no idea that it will be run in multi-threaded code later on. Personally, I can't think of any times when I would have used this -- maybe because it wasn't there, so I didn't think about it. -CHB -- Christopher Barker, PhD (Chris) Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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