Another dumb scope question for a closure.

[Steven W. Orr]

So sorry because I know I'm doing something wrong.

574 > cat c2.py
#! /usr/local/bin/python2.4

def inc(jj):
     def dummy():
         jj = jj + 1
         return jj
     return dummy

h = inc(33)
print 'h() = ', h()
575 > c2.py
h() =
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "./c2.py", line 10, in ?
     print 'h() = ', h()
   File "./c2.py", line 5, in dummy
     jj = jj + 1
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'jj' referenced before assignment

I could have sworn I was allowed to do this. How do I fix it?

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