accessing variables from a decorator

[ashwin]

I have code similar to this

def my_function_decorator(f):
	def wrap(*args, **kwargs):
		my_count_variable = 1
		return f(*args, **kwargs)
	return wrap

@my_function_decorator
def my_decorated_function():
	pass

is there any way i can access my_count_variable from inside my_decorated_function? and even if i can is this good practice that can scale well?

[nilamo]

You can access it if you pass it. Or if you keep the variable in an enclosing scope that the function can reach into (like a class).

What do you consider to "scale well"? You're not consuming excess memory since it's just one variable regardless of however much you call that function.