Ben Fisher wrote: > 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.
Default argument binding allows you to bind to an outer object rather than a name, but it doesn't help if you want to update the object: >>> def inc(jj): ... def dummy(jj = jj): ... jj = jj + 1 ... return jj ... return dummy ... >>> h = inc(33) >>> print h() 34 >>> print h() 34 >>> print h() 34 >>> print h() 34 </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
