Aug 31, 2008 · I asked a question about Currying and closures were mentioned. What is a closure? How does it relate to currying?

And here comes the closure part: The closure of a lambda expression is this particular set of symbols defined in the outer context (environment) that give values to the free symbols in this expression, …

Mar 5, 2009 · I asked a question about callbacks and arrived at another question (see comment). How is a closure different from a callback?

Sep 27, 2010 · A closure is a first class function with bound variables. Roughly that means that: You can pass the closure as a parameter to other functions The closure stores the value of some variables …

The closure object here is the value of the envelope variable and it's use is that it's a param to the each method. Some details: Scope: The scope of a closure is the data and members that can be …

The main difference is that a block simply groups instructions together (for example the body of a while statement), while a closure is a variable that contains some code that can be executed. If you have a …

Apr 15, 2009 · That's the magic, and frustration, of closure. "JavaScript Functions close over the scope they are declared in, and retain access to that scope even as variable values inside of that scope …

A closure is basically a representation of a function together with any non-local variables that the function consumes. In that sense, lambdas are not closures, but they do cause closures to be …

Sep 21, 2008 · A closure is a pairing of: A function and A reference to that function's outer scope (lexical environment) A lexical environment is part of every execution context (stack frame) and is a map …

Apr 28, 2010 · A closure can actually be any function within another function, and its key characteristic is that it has access to the scope of the parent function including it's variables and methods.