nested functions

[Terry Reedy]

"Alexander V. Voinov" <avv at quasar.ipa.nw.ru> wrote in message
news:38B5B649.B0DFB374 at quasar.ipa.nw.ru...

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> 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.
Nesting in Python is intended for when you actually want a different
function computed on different calls to the outer function, depending on the
params passed.

For bundling/hiding, one should use classes.

Terry J. Reedy