Thank you to both you and Ben for taking the time and answering my question! The detailed explanation of the example code I provided really helped and made things clear. As did the explanations about closures and a simplified example. I definitely have a lot to learn, but this was very educational nonetheless.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 10:38 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > Oops, I screwed up! > > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 02:31:09PM +1100, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> Complicated? Well, a bit. Here's a simpler demonstration of a closure: >> >> >> def factory(num): >> """Factory function that returns a new function that adds >> num to whatever it is given.""" >> def adder(x): >> return x + num > > > Of course that can't work, because I forgot to return the inner > function. > > def factory(num): > def adder(x): > return x + num > return adder > > > will work better. Sorry for any confusion. > > > > -- > Steve > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
