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Re: Why is this a closure?

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On 12.02.2012 14:10, Jake Jarvis wrote:
> 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.
>

Just to clarify, that is just what JSLint means with that word in the 
context of its report, it's not a definition for what the word 'closure' 
means outside of that particular context for most people.

For a non-JSLint-report-specific definition you could look at

http://www.jibbering.com/faq/notes/closures/#clDefN

-- 
Jake Jarvis

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Why is this a closure? "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef@qolor.nl> - 2012-02-12 13:07 +0100
  Re: Why is this a closure? Jake Jarvis <pig_in_shoes@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-12 14:10 +0100
    Re: Why is this a closure? Jake Jarvis <pig_in_shoes@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-12 14:31 +0100
    Re: Why is this a closure? "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef@qolor.nl> - 2012-02-12 14:42 +0100
      Re: Why is this a closure? RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2012-02-12 18:57 -0800

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