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[nop_90]

More for my reference
http://ivan.truemesh.com/archives/000411.html

If you are from the lisp/scheme/ruby world closures are very important
they can be done in python, but u need a few tricks

[perkiset]

Thanks nop, nice resource to keep around.

[nop_90]

example in use

Code:

def fun(x,y):
    def adder():
        return x+y
    return adder

def fun1(n):
    a = range(n)
    def get_item():
        return a.pop()
    return get_item

class Engine(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.callbacks = []
       
    def pump(self):
        for callback in self.callbacks :
            callback()
           
    def fun(self,n):
        def action():
            print "action %d" % (n)
        def stop():
            self.callbacks.remove(action)
        self.callbacks.append(action)
        return stop
   
e = Engine()
s1 = e.fun(10)
s2 = e.fun(100)
print "pump"
e.pump()
s1()
print "pump"
e.pump()
s2()
print "pump"
e.pump()

fun1 and fun2 are just examples not demoed
for last one engine is demoed

output is

pump
action 10
action 100
pump
action 100
pump