Thomas A. Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >(defun addn (n) > > > #'(lambda (x) > > > (+ x n))) > > > > The same as > > def addn(n): > > def fn(x): > > return n + x > > return fn > > Is this really equivalent?
yes > What happens if you call addn more than once with different > parameters. Will you get different functions that you can > use simultaneously? yes > The lisp snippet creates new functions each time the addn function is > called, so one can interleave calls to the individual functions. In [21]: a = addn(4) In [22]: b = addn(5) In [23]: c = addn(25) In [24]: a(1) Out[24]: 5 In [25]: b(1) Out[25]: 6 In [26]: c(1) Out[26]: 26 -- Valentino Volonghi aka Dialtone Now Running MacOSX 10.3.8 Blog: http://vvolonghi.blogspot.com http://weever.berlios.de -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list