One way to get this to work is:
def inc(jj):
def dummy(jj = jj):
jj = jj + 1
return jj
return dummy
h = inc(33)
print h()
It's not very pretty though, especially when you have many variables
you want to have in the inner scope.
-Ben
On 1/9/08, Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:47:30 -0500 (EST) "Steven W. Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > So sorry because I know I'm doing something wrong.
> >
> > 574 > cat c2.py
> > #! /usr/local/bin/python2.4
> >
> > def inc(jj):
> > def dummy():
> > jj = jj + 1
> > return jj
> > return dummy
> >
> > h = inc(33)
> > print 'h() = ', h()
> > 575 > c2.py
> > h() =
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > File "./c2.py", line 10, in ?
> > print 'h() = ', h()
> > File "./c2.py", line 5, in dummy
> > jj = jj + 1
> > UnboundLocalError: local variable 'jj' referenced before assignment
> >
> > I could have sworn I was allowed to do this. How do I fix it?
>
> Nope. This is one of the things that makes lisper's complain that
> Python doesn't have "real closures": you can't rebind names outside
> your own scope (except via global, which won't work here).
>
> Using a class is the canonical way to hold state. However, any of the
> standard hacks for working around binding issues work. For instance:
>
> >>> def inc(jj):
> ... def dummy():
> ... box[0] = box[0] + 1
> ... return box[0]
> ... box = [jj]
> ... return dummy
> ...
> >>> h = inc(33)
> >>> h()
> 34
>
> <mike
>
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