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iOS Swift Closures Functions as First Class Citizens Capturing Variables

Egor Bedunkevich
Egor Bedunkevich
643 Points
Posted by Egor Bedunkevich
Egor Bedunkevich
643 Points

Why is the constant the closure and not the function? Didn't reslly get that

Can I please get help.

Tony Brackins
Tony Brackins
28,766 Points

Hello Egor,

I like to refer to "closures" as "enclosures".

The constant is the closure because it "enclosed" the function or made an instance of that function.

So while it's enclosed in the constant, it will continue to increment that running total variable. If you make another constant, it will be enclosed there.