Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme
Jock Cooper
jockc at mail.com
Wed Oct 15 13:09:04 EDT 2003
David Eppstein <eppstein at ics.uci.edu> writes:
> In article <eppstein-434779.17173814102003 at news.service.uci.edu>,
> David Eppstein <eppstein at ics.uci.edu> wrote:
>
> > > Isn't it true though that the lambda can only contain a single expression
> > > and no statements? That seems to limit closures somewhat.
> >
> > It limits lambdas. It doesn't limit named functions. Unlike lisp, a
> > Python function definition can be nested within a function call, and the
> > inner function can access variables in the outer function's closure.
>
> To clarify, by "unlike lisp" I meant only that defun doesn't nest (at
> least in the lisps I've programmed) -- of course you could use flet, or
> bind a variable to a lambda, or whatever.
>
Ok so in Python a function can DEF another function in its body. I assume
this can be returned to the caller. When you have a nested DEF like that,
is the nested function's name globally visible?
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