That is a really concise and precise answer. Thanks. So the object binding can only happen explicitly at the closure declaration argument list(non-free variable).
On Dec 19, 10:37 am, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Huayang Xia wrote: > > When does the closure get the value of the maxIndex in the following > > code snippet? > > > def testClosure(maxIndex) : > > > def closureTest(): > > return maxIndex > > > maxIndex += 5 > > > return closureTest() > > > print testClosure(10) > > > I thought it should be 10 instead of 15. That was wrong.free variables in > > an inner scope bind to variables in the outer scope, > not objects. > > if you want to bind to objects, use explicit binding: > > def closureTest(maxIndex=maxIndex): > return maxIndex > > </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
