Re: [lua-l] Digest Number 734

[Ralph Dratman <ralph@...>]

I feel awfully stupid, but could anyone explain (or give a reference 
for) what a "closure" is?

I have not been able to figure this out yet. I'm guessing it's 
something from functional programming.

Thank you and sorry for the annoyance,

Ralph


>   From: Ignacio Castaño <castanyo@yahoo.es>
> Subject: Re: closure upvalues
>
> Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
> > > Is it possible to get the closure upvalues without calling it?
> >
> > No (maybe we will add this facility to the API).