Understanding closures

[Ramashish Baranwal]

Hi,

I want to use variables passed to a function in an inner defined
function. Something like-

def fun1(method=None):
    def fun2():
        if not method: method = 'GET'
        print '%s: this is fun2' % method
        return
    fun2()

fun1()

However I get this error-
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'method' referenced before
assignment

This however works fine.

def fun1(method=None):
    if not method: method = 'GET'
    def fun2():
        print '%s: this is fun2' % method
        return
    fun2()

fun1()

Is there a simple way I can pass on the variables passed to the outer
function to the inner one without having to use or refer them in the
outer function?

Thanks,
Ramashish