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. > > And?
and what? it's not the same thing. the "newer" idiom only replaces the "older" idiom under certain circumstances (such as in the OP's first example, but *not* in his second example). </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
