Used in a Sentence

closures

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for closures.

Editorial note

Those are closures (btw, did you mean generators instead of decorators?).

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of closures gathered in one view.

noun

An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.

noun

The act of shutting; a closing.

noun

The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for closures.

noun

An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.

noun

The act of shutting; a closing.

noun

The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily.

noun

A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.

Example sentences

1

Those are closures (btw, did you mean generators instead of decorators?).

2

Python's syntax, though, sometimes leads programmers of other languages to think that closures are not supported.

3

Python has sort of read only closures where the free variables are stored against the functions.

4

What's more, this enforces good object-orientation: this is a reimagining of the single-responsibility principle because closures are objects that literally do one thing.

5

Around that time, IE would still leak memory if you made a C++/JS cycle by capturing certain global object property references in closures.

6

It turned out to be extremely straightforward to map objects to closures.

7

Ideal candidates are smart, motivated, and have at least an intermediate-level knowledge of JS things like closures, prototypal inheritance, etc.

8

Still Scheme's closures are more convenient although C++14 is closing the gap.

9

If closed-over variables must be mutable then Haskell doesn't have closures!

10

For example, currying is implemented in such a way that a function call with 3 arguments always generates both the result and 2 temporary JS closures.

11

Python supports closures even when the variable isn't a container.

12

Python doesn't have lexical scope, hence it doesn't have closures.

Quote examples

1

If that's the case, then a strictly-immutable FP language similarly "wouldn't have closures" and thus could not be FP.

2

(map somefun mylist), being able to concisely define executable "objects" (closures), inline if necessary, is very useful." It is interesting because this is exactly how C++11 implements lambdas.

3

I was referring this quote: "being able to concisely define executable "objects" (closures), inline if necessary, is very useful" The fact that you can define inline executable objects is indeed very useful, and C++ does exactly that: an inline mangled class instantiated bounded to one variable.

Proper noun examples

1

Closures define the set of variables whose lifetime extends the function they are in because of their use in another function.

2

Closures also enforce the open-close principle.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use closures in a sentence?

Those are closures (btw, did you mean generators instead of decorators?).

What does closures mean?

An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.

What part of speech is closures?

closures is commonly used as noun.