Python: getting a reference to a function from inside itself

Question

If I define a function:

def f(x):
    return x+3

I can later store objects as attributes of the function, like so:

f.thing=\"he         


        

Answer 1

If you are trying to do memoization, you can use a dictionary as a default parameter:

def f(x, memo={}):
  if x not in memo:
    memo[x] = x + 3
  return memo[x]