lambda closure question

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Paul Rubin wrote:

> "Diez B. Roggisch" <deetsNOSPAM at web.de> writes:
>> It's not only that way in python, but in java too. So it seems that there
>> is a fundamental principle behind it: In a language that allows
>> sideeffects, these will actually happen.
> 
> Can you even have nested functions in Java?  Algol-60 did things the
> way you'd expect, i.e. you can modify the outer variable from the
> inner scope.

Not nested functions, but closures in anonymous inner classes - which can
reference only final variables, thus creating the same effect as the
scoping rules of python.

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Regards,

Diez B. Roggisch