Generating functions inside loop with lambda expression in python

Question

If I make two lists of functions:

def makeFun(i):
    return lambda: i

a = [makeFun(i) for i in range(10)]
b = [lambda: i for i in range(10)]

Answer 1

Technically, the lambda expression is closed over the i that's visible in the global scope, which is last set to 9. It's the same i being referred to in all 10 lambdas. For example,

i = 13
print b[3]()

In the makeFun function, the lambda closes on the i that's defined when the function is invoked. Those are ten different is.