A gotcha: Python pain point?

[Diez B. Roggisch]

James Stroud wrote:

> Beorn wrote:
>> Consider this example:
>> 
>>   >>> def funcs(x):
>>   ...     for i in range(5):
>>   ...         def g(): return x + i
>>   ...         yield g
>> 
>> I would expect the value of x used in g to be that at the function
>> declaration time, as if you've pass g a (x=x) argument, especially
>> after reading this post: http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaScopingDiscussion
>> 
>> But:
>> 
>>   >>> [ fun() for fun in list(funcs(1)) ]
>>   [5, 5, 5, 5, 5]
>> 
>> Whereas:
>> 
>>   >>> [ fun() for fun in funcs(1) ]
>>   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
>> 
>> This came up while discussing Python pain points at
>> http://intertwingly.net/blog/2007/06/04/Python-Pain-Points#c1181602242
>> 
>> I can see how it works now, but I haven't found an easy-to-read
>> documentation on this.
>> 
>> I guess it's debatable if perhaps every i used in the loop shouldn't
>> be a different i.  It had me fooled, anyways.
>> 
>> Rgds,
>> Bjorn
>> 
> 
> If this isn't classified as a bug, then someone has some serious
> explaining to do. Why would it be desirable for a generator to behave
> differently in two different contexts. Should I import this to see how
> many principles this behavior violates?

It's no bug. The generator behaves the same way in both cases. What is
different is the calling time of the function.

Certainly a surprising outcome. But no bug.

Diez