Here's an old thread I contributed to which had a similar function (called 'cell_get' in this case)
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/baba3b943524a92c/71b57a32b311ffc8?q=func_closure#71b57a32b311ffc8 http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/71b57a32b311ffc8?dmode=source Jeff
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