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

One set of functions (a) operates on the argument passed and the other (b) operates on a global variable which is then set to 9. Check the disassembly:

>>> import dis
>>> dis.dis(a[2])
  1           0 LOAD_DEREF               0 (i)
              3 RETURN_VALUE
>>> dis.dis(b[2])
  1           0 LOAD_GLOBAL              0 (i)
              3 RETURN_VALUE
>>>