Better illustration of Closures?

Question

I am learning Python using Dive Into Python 3 book. I like it, but I don\'t understand the example used to introduce Closures in Section 6.5.

I mean, I see how it wo

Answer 1

here's an closure usage, of get configures:

def confmaker():
   cf=ini_conf()
   def clo(*args):
      return cf.get(*args)
   return clo

cfget=confmaker()

cfget(...)

here ini_conf is called only once. In my understanding, closures avoid global variables(like cf), and make usage simple.