On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:59:23 +0100 Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Meyer wrote: > >> What does "y=y" and "c=c" mean in the lambda function? > > > > Older versions of python didn't make variables in an outer scope > > visible in the inner scope. This was the standard idiom to work > > around that. > lexically scoped free variables and object binding are two different > things, and have different semantics. the former does not always > replace the latter.
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