On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:11:11 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> That's a matter of taste. Try replacing the try...except block with >> hasattr: >> >> def doStuff(): >> if hasattr(doStuff, timesUsed): >> doStuff.timesUsed += 1 >> else: >> doStuff.timesUsed = 1 >> do_common_code >> > > Ok, it is a matter of taste and I prefer the try/except way, but with > hasattr you will do a function call and a intern 'truthness' > verification each time you increment .timeUsed. With try/except, after > the first time, you do nothing else than increment it.
That's not quite true. You do have to set up the try...except machinery, but that's very cheap. In any case, I didn't say that I like the hasattr idiom, merely that it is available. -- Steven D'Aprano -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
