Re: closure = decorator?

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Date	2013-10-14 09:39 -0700
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Subject	Re: closure = decorator?
From	Tim <jtim.arnold@gmail.com>

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On Saturday, October 12, 2013 4:54:34 PM UTC-4, Peter Cacioppi wrote:
> On Thursday, October 10, 2013 6:51:21 AM UTC-7, Tim wrote:
> 
> > I've read a couple of articles about this, but still not sure.
> > When someone talks about a closure in another language (I'm learning Lua on the side), is that the same concept as a decorator in Python?
>
> > It sure looks like it.
> > 

Thanks everyone for discussing. I see that closures are completely different from decorators and now I'm not really sure how I got them confused in the first place.

I will have to stare at the replies for a while before I can say I really 'get' closures. thanks,
--Tim

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closure = decorator? Tim <jtim.arnold@gmail.com> - 2013-10-10 06:51 -0700
  Re: closure = decorator? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-11 01:03 +1100
    Re: closure = decorator? Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-10-10 17:15 +0300
      Re: closure = decorator? Piet van Oostrum <piet@vanoostrum.org> - 2013-10-10 12:31 -0400
        Re: closure = decorator? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-10 20:04 -0400
          Re: closure = decorator? Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-10-11 10:14 +0300
            Re: closure = decorator? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-11 09:24 +0000
              Re: closure = decorator? Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-10-11 15:01 +0300
                Re: closure = decorator? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-11 16:44 +0000
                Re: closure = decorator? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-10-11 16:51 -0400
              Re: closure = decorator? Franck Ditter <nobody@nowhere.org> - 2013-10-11 14:08 +0200
                Re: closure = decorator? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-10-11 16:55 -0400
  Re: closure = decorator? Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-10-10 17:08 +0300
  Re: closure = decorator? Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-12 13:54 -0700
    Re: closure = decorator? Tim <jtim.arnold@gmail.com> - 2013-10-14 09:39 -0700

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