Lua style closures in Python?

["Peter Loveday" <peter@...>]

Greetings!

Perhaps I should be asking this on a python list; but I imagine there are 
some people here with experience in both, which is what I really need.

Does anyone know if there is a way in Python to create some sort of function 
closures from the tp_getattro function?

Currently, in Lua, I am returning one function pointer with other 
information bound into a closure from my __index metamethod, in order to 
implement dynamic methods (ie, methods are not known at compile time, so I 
bind with a dispatcher function of sorts).

On first inspection, I can't see how this can easily be achieved in Python; 
any pointers would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Love, Light and Peace,
- Peter Loveday
eyeon Software