Is this a closure?

[Chris Rebert]

Yes, printReviews() is a closure. In particular, it's closing over the
variable "self", which it's getting lexically from printSelf().
- Chris

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 4:53 PM, ssecorp <circularfunc at gmail.com> wrote:
> A method on a class:
>
> def printSelf(self):
>        def printReviews():
>            for review in self.reviews:
>                review.printSelf()
>        print "Idnbr: ", self.idnumber, "Reviews: ", printReviews()
>
> I don't have to pass an argument to printReviews because everything
> defined inside printSelf is aware of outer variables? Or is that
> wrong? If it is right, is this what a closure means?
>
> Because Python is lexically scoped right? Is lexical scope+closures =
> organized dynamic scope kind of if you get my point?
>
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