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<hask>f</hask> returns a closure, because the variable <hask>x</hask>, which is bound outside of the [[lambda abstraction]] is used inside its definition. |
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Latest revision as of 13:53, 1 January 2017
A closure, the opposite of a combinator, is a function that makes use of free variables in its definition. It 'closes' around some portion of its environment. for example
f x = (\y -> x + y)
f returns a closure, because the variable x, which is bound outside of the lambda abstraction is used inside its definition.
An interesting side note: the context in which x was bound shouldn't even exist anymore, and wouldn't, had the lambda abstraction not closed around x.