可读性更强一点，但更冗长(Python的Zen:显式比隐式更好):

>>> def func(_static={'counter': 0}):
...     _static['counter'] += 1
...     print _static['counter']
...
>>> func()
1
>>> func()
2
>>>

请看这里，了解它是如何工作的。

鉴于这个问题，我可以提出另一个可能更好用的替代方案，对方法和函数看起来都是一样的:

@static_var2('seed',0)
def funccounter(statics, add=1):
    statics.seed += add
    return statics.seed

print funccounter()       #1
print funccounter(add=2)  #3
print funccounter()       #4

class ACircle(object):
    @static_var2('seed',0)
    def counter(statics, self, add=1):
        statics.seed += add
        return statics.seed

c = ACircle()
print c.counter()      #1
print c.counter(add=2) #3
print c.counter()      #4
d = ACircle()
print d.counter()      #5
print d.counter(add=2) #7
print d.counter()      #8    

如果你喜欢这种用法，下面是它的实现:

class StaticMan(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.__dict__['_d'] = {}

    def __getattr__(self, name):
        return self.__dict__['_d'][name]
    def __getitem__(self, name):
        return self.__dict__['_d'][name]
    def __setattr__(self, name, val):
        self.__dict__['_d'][name] = val
    def __setitem__(self, name, val):
        self.__dict__['_d'][name] = val

def static_var2(name, val):
    def decorator(original):
        if not hasattr(original, ':staticman'):    
            def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
                return original(getattr(wrapped, ':staticman'), *args, **kwargs)
            setattr(wrapped, ':staticman', StaticMan())
            f = wrapped
        else:
            f = original #already wrapped

        getattr(f, ':staticman')[name] = val
        return f
    return decorator

其他答案已经演示了您应该如何做到这一点。这里有一种方法你不应该:

>>> def foo(counter=[0]):
...   counter[0] += 1
...   print("Counter is %i." % counter[0]);
... 
>>> foo()
Counter is 1.
>>> foo()
Counter is 2.
>>> 

默认值仅在函数第一次求值时初始化，而不是每次执行时初始化，因此可以使用列表或任何其他可变对象来存储静态值。

你可以创建一个所谓的“函数对象”，并给它一个标准的(非静态的)成员变量，而不是创建一个具有静态局部变量的函数。

既然你给出了一个c++编写的例子，我将首先解释什么是c++中的“函数对象”。“函数对象”就是任何带有重载操作符()的类。类实例的行为类似于函数。例如，你可以写int x = square(5);即使square是一个对象(带有重载操作符())，从技术上讲也不是一个“函数”。你可以给一个函数对象任何你可以给一个类对象的特性。

# C++ function object
class Foo_class {
    private:
        int counter;     
    public:
        Foo_class() {
             counter = 0;
        }
        void operator() () {  
            counter++;
            printf("counter is %d\n", counter);
        }     
   };
   Foo_class foo;

在Python中，我们也可以重载operator()，除非该方法被命名为__call__:

下面是一个类定义:

class Foo_class:
    def __init__(self): # __init__ is similair to a C++ class constructor
        self.counter = 0
        # self.counter is like a static member
        # variable of a function named "foo"
    def __call__(self): # overload operator()
        self.counter += 1
        print("counter is %d" % self.counter);
foo = Foo_class() # call the constructor

下面是一个使用这个类的例子:

from foo import foo

for i in range(0, 5):
    foo() # function call

打印到控制台的输出是:

counter is 1
counter is 2
counter is 3
counter is 4
counter is 5

如果你想让你的函数接受输入参数，你也可以将它们添加到__call__:

# FILE: foo.py - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

class Foo_class:
    def __init__(self):
        self.counter = 0
    def __call__(self, x, y, z): # overload operator()
        self.counter += 1
        print("counter is %d" % self.counter);
        print("x, y, z, are %d, %d, %d" % (x, y, z));
foo = Foo_class() # call the constructor

# FILE: main.py - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

from foo import foo

for i in range(0, 5):
    foo(7, 8, 9) # function call

# Console Output - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

counter is 1
x, y, z, are 7, 8, 9
counter is 2
x, y, z, are 7, 8, 9
counter is 3
x, y, z, are 7, 8, 9
counter is 4
x, y, z, are 7, 8, 9
counter is 5
x, y, z, are 7, 8, 9

在尝试了几种方法后，我最终使用了@warvariuc的答案的改进版本:

import types

def func(_static=types.SimpleNamespace(counter=0)):
    _static.counter += 1
    print(_static.counter)

Python没有静态变量，但你可以通过定义一个可调用的类对象，然后将其用作函数来伪装它。也可以看看这个答案。

class Foo(object):
  # Class variable, shared by all instances of this class
  counter = 0

  def __call__(self):
    Foo.counter += 1
    print Foo.counter

# Create an object instance of class "Foo," called "foo"
foo = Foo()

# Make calls to the "__call__" method, via the object's name itself
foo() #prints 1
foo() #prints 2
foo() #prints 3

注意，__call__使类(对象)的实例可以通过自己的名称调用。这就是为什么上面调用foo()会调用类的__call__方法。从文档中可以看到:

任意类的实例都可以通过在类中定义__call__()方法来实现可调用。