[Baypiggies] closures vs. objects

[Shannon -jj Behrens]

After the meeting, Jon said it would have been good if I showed how
closures compared to objects.

Here's a closure:

def greeter(name):

    def greet():
        print "Hello,", name

    return greet

jj_greeter = greeter('JJ')
jj_greeter()

Here's how to do the same thing, but with an object:

class Greeter:

    def __init__(self, name):
        self._name = name

    def __call__(self):
        print "Hello,", self._name

mike_greeter = Greeter('Mike')
mike_greeter()

Perhaps the biggest difference is that with a class, you can have as
many methods as you want (in this class, I just have __call__), but
with a closure, you don't have to explicitly store the name anywhere
(the closure does it for you).

I use a mix of both techniques.

Happy Hacking!
-jj

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