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From: Jake Jarvis <pig_in_shoes@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Why is this a closure?
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:10:59 +0100
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On 12.02.2012 13:07, Tom de Neef wrote:
> When I run the code below through JSLint, the report says:
> Global test
> 1 test()
> Closure compare
> ...
>
> I thought I had understood the concept of closure:
<snip>

 From JSLint's manual

http://www.jslint.com/lint.html#report

| Report
|
| If JSLint is able to complete its scan, it generates a function
| report. It lists for each function:
| ...
| /Closure/: The variables and parameters that are declared in the
| function that are used by its inner functions.

-- 
Jake Jarvis