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50 lines
1.2 KiB
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# Advanced topics
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## Closures/scopes isolation
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Each block has own scope, in which it can safely uses closures and override
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outer vars:
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var param = "global"
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val prefix = "param in "
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val scope1 = {
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var param = prefix + "scope1"
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param
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}
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val scope2 = {
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var param = prefix + "scope2"
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param
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}
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// note that block returns its last value
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println(scope1)
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println(scope2)
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println(param)
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>>> param in scope1
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>>> param in scope2
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>>> global
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>>> void
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One interesting way of using closure isolation is to keep state of the functions:
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val getAndIncrement = {
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// will be updated by doIt()
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var counter = 0
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// we return callable fn from the block:
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fun doit() {
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val was = counter
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counter = counter + 1
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was
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}
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}
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println(getAndIncrement())
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println(getAndIncrement())
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println(getAndIncrement())
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>>> 0
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>>> 1
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>>> 2
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>>> void
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Inner `counter` is not accessible from outside, no way; still it is kept
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between calls in the closure, as inner function `doit`, returned from the
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block, keeps reference to it and keeps it alive. |