On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Antti J Ylikoski <antti.yliko...@tkk.fi> wrote: > > In Python textbooks that I have read, it is usually not mentioned that > we can very easily program Common LISP-style closures with Python. It > is done as follows: > > ------------------------------------- > > # Make a Common LISP-like closure with Python. > # > # Antti J Ylikoski 02-03-2012. > > def f1(): > n = 0 > def f2(): > nonlocal n > n += 1 > return n > return f2 <snip> > i. e. we can have several functions with private local states which > are kept between function calls, in other words we can have Common > LISP-like closures.
Out of curiosity, what would be non-Common-Lisp-style closures? Cheers, Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
