Re: self modifying code

John J. Lee wrote:
> 1. I don't think most people would call that "self-modifying code". I
> won't try defining that term precisely because I know you'll just
> pick holes in my definition ;-)

Don't really disagree about the rewriting code, but the function does
re-define itself.

> 2. The use of global func is just plain weird :-)
>
> 3. Peter Otten's version is OK, but how about this, using a closure
> instead of globals (UNTESTED)
>
> def make_func():
> namespace = object()
> namespace.data = None
> def func(a):
> if namespace.data is None:
> namespace.data = somethingcomplexandcostly()
> return simple(namespace.data, a)
> return func
> func = make_func()
>
.......
the inner function is almost precisely what I started with, except I
used the global namespace. However, it keeps the test in side the
function which costs about 1%.

-- 
Robin Becker