[Python-Dev] metaclass insanity (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Tue, 05 Nov 2002 11:21:07 -0500

> Nah, it's just a resumable function...

Which is a closure, aka lexically scoped namespace. It is not, however, a continuation.

I don't think it makes much sense to call all Python functions closures.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)