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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T10:29:57+00:00 2026-05-11T10:29:57+00:00

In Perl 5.10, I can say: sub foo () { state $x = 1;

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In Perl 5.10, I can say:

sub foo () {   state $x = 1;   say $x++; }  foo(); foo(); foo(); 

…and it will print out:

1 2 3 

Does Python have something like this?

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  1. 2026-05-11T10:29:58+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 10:29 am

    The closest parallel is probably to attach values to the function itself.

    def foo():     foo.bar = foo.bar + 1  foo.bar = 0  foo() foo() foo()  print foo.bar # prints 3 
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