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From: Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Looking for a good introduction to object oriented programming with Python
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Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> writes:
>> I suspect), but can't say that I've ever used a "factory function"...
> If you've ever used an ordinary function decorator, you almost certainly 
> have.
> If you've every created a closure, you definitely have.

Or anything with a __iter__ method...