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Closures capture all in-scope variables by reference in most languages. Same situation in Python for example: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54288926/pyth

• closeparen 6y ago
  You can get bitten by a similar problem without closures if you stick a loop variable in an array. The loop variable is one address with contents mutating each iteration.
  • masklinn 6y ago
    > You can get bitten by a similar problem without closures if you stick a loop variable in an array. Surely only if you store it indirectly, otherwise it'll be copied into the array.