Anonymous function in closure

Date	2012-09-24 09:32 +1000
From	Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Anonymous function in closure
Message-ID	<8ZOdnd6tG7eeAcLNnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@westnet.com.au> (permalink)

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If I have a closure like this:

function foo(a) {
   return function() {
     // do something with a
   };
}

var bar = foo(10);

document.getElementById('a').onclick = bar;


Why doesn't
   var bar = foo(10);
cause the anonymous function in 'foo' to be executed but clicking on 'a' 
does?

Andrew Poulos

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Anonymous function in closure Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-24 09:32 +1000
  Re: Anonymous function in closure David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2012-09-23 17:09 -0700
    Re: Anonymous function in closure Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-24 14:20 +1000
      Re: Anonymous function in closure David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 00:10 -0700
      Re: Anonymous function in closure Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-24 11:09 -0700
        Re: Anonymous function in closure Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-24 13:27 -0700
  Re: Anonymous function in closure webnician@gmail.com - 2012-09-24 15:18 -0700

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