Common LISP-style closures with Python

[Antti J Ylikoski]

In Python textbooks that I have read, it is usually not mentioned that
we can very easily program Common LISP-style closures with Python.  It
is done as follows:

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# Make a Common LISP-like closure with Python.
#
# Antti J Ylikoski 02-03-2012.

def f1():
     n = 0
     def f2():
         nonlocal n
         n += 1
         return n
     return f2

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and now we can do:

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 >>>
 >>> a=f1()
 >>> b=f1()
 >>> a()
1
 >>> a()
2
 >>> a()
3
 >>> a()
4
 >>> b()
1
 >>> b()
2
 >>> a()
5
 >>> b()
3
 >>> b()
4
 >>>

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i. e. we can have several functions with private local states which
are kept between function calls, in other words we can have Common
LISP-like closures.

yours, Antti J Ylikoski
Helsinki, Finland, the EU