Is there a way to change the closure of a python function?

[Peter Otten]

Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 3:35:58 AM UTC+13, Peter Otten wrote:
>> is Python actually a "functional language"?
> 
> Yes

[snip]

No. To replace the mostly irrelevant link with something addressing my 
question:

<http://python-history.blogspot.de/2009/04/origins-of-pythons-functional-features.html>