Re(5): Toggling between two values

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Well, hm. Given this behavior:

eval q{ my $foo = 1; sub bar { ++$foo } };
print &bar, &bar, &bar;
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Would you say that &bar is a closure? Because if it is, then I've been conflating closures in general with a specific subset of them, and I have some apologies to make....

-- Chip Salzenberg, Free-Floating Agent of Chaos

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Re: Re(5): Toggling between two values by jdporter (Paladin) on May 06, 2003 at 12:46 UTC
Would you say that `&bar` is a closure? Yes, it is, according to the standard definition. OTOH, there needs to be a term for "subroutine which is created at run time via the `sub` operator and thus may have bindings to lexicals which outlive the names of those lexicals"... jdporter The 6th Rule of Perl Club is -- There is no Rule #6.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re(7): Toggling between two values by chip (Curate) on May 07, 2003 at 21:08 UTC
Hm. I'd call them "non-trivial closures" or, if I were to use a term from the Perl internals, "cloning closures". And, BTW: "Sorry about that, merlyn." -- Chip Salzenberg, Free-Floating Agent of Chaos	[reply]

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