nested functions

[François Pinard]

"Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at udel.edu> writes:
> "Alexander V. Voinov" <avv at quasar.ipa.nw.ru> wrote:

> > Please remind me, if there are any performance penalties in nesting
> > functions like this:
>  [snip]

> The definition of a nested function is re-executed everytime the outer
> function is called.

I would guess that the penalty is quite insignificant.  The function has
been compiled once and for all with the rest, and the `def' "execution"
is nothing a mere assignment of the function to a local variable.  Isn't it?

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François Pinard   http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard