High Order Messages in Python

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could someone enlighten me what is the advantage of block over named
function ?

One thing that I can see a difference may be lexical scope ?

vdrab wrote:
> On a (somewhat) related note,
> I've always wondered whether it is possible to emulate ruby blocks
> using a python generator '+ alpha'. In my limited understanding of the
> ruby block, the generator can inject values into a block, I suppose,
> but what is the block itself? can it be a function? a class instance?
> what would it look like? I am sure someone must have played around with
> this. 
> any pointers?
> cheers,
> v.