from my understanding is a nested def in Python equivalent to °

sub outer {
   my $c_inner = sub { print "perl" };
   $c_inner->();
}

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Please note that Python is implicitly preferring references while Perl prefers the "Explicit is better than implicit" approach (yes it's ironic)

> Python has Local, Enclosing, Global and Built-in variables.

More or less: *

> It was this video that promoted my thinking on this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVdf0LgmICw

Not linkified not watched.²

Hint: Please provide code examples if you want better answers.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice

update

°) There was an experimental attempt to allow "private subs" in Perl, which was essentially syntactic sugar for the following IIRC. No idea if it's still available or deprecated.

*) the py-docs are sparse and incomplete here. Variable declarations in class context become attributes. These are essentially package vars in Perl. (Python has no package and Perl has no class )

²) tried to, but won't watch a 20 min video to guess what your question is.

³) updated, see Re^7: Nesting Functions for details

In reply to Re: Nesting Functions by LanX
in thread Nesting Functions by betmatt

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