Update lambda description to reflect nested scopes. This was noted by

Andrew Koenig.
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Fred Drake 2001-12-03 21:47:37 +00:00
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@ -1535,19 +1535,17 @@ Here's a function that returns the sum of its two arguments:
objects are required. They are syntactically restricted to a single
expression. Semantically, they are just syntactic sugar for a normal
function definition. Like nested function definitions, lambda forms
cannot reference variables from the containing scope, but this can be
overcome through the judicious use of default argument values:
can reference variables from the containing scope:
\begin{verbatim}
>>> def make_incrementor(n):
... return lambda x, incr=n: x+incr
... return lambda x: x + n
...
>>> f = make_incrementor(42)
>>> f(0)
42
>>> f(1)
43
>>>
\end{verbatim}