On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Guido van Rossum wrote: > > > Nah, it's just a resumable function... > > > > Which is a closure, aka lexically scoped namespace. It is not, however, a > > continuation. > > I don't think it makes much sense to call all Python functions > closures. I was taught that a closure is a first class function or object that holds references to its own lexically defined namespace(s). So as I understand it, they _are_ closures, though limited to only two levels of lexical scope (or three if you count the builtin scope). -Kevin -- Kevin Jacobs The OPAL Group - Enterprise Systems Architect Voice: (216) 986-0710 x 19 E-mail: jacobs@theopalgroup.com Fax: (216) 986-0714 WWW: http://www.theopalgroup.com
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