Python 3: Closure
Python 3 supports Closure . Practically, a function with local state.
# closure example # ff creates a variable context. It returns a function gg, which uses that context def ff(): xx = 0 def gg(): nonlocal xx xx = xx + 1 return xx return gg hh = ff() print(hh()) # 1 print(hh()) # 2 print(hh()) # 3
Note the keyword nonlocal
. The construct nonlocal varName
creates a non-local variable named varName yet isn't global variable. Python will look outward of nested scope to find it.