Citations:closure


 * 2016, Ethan Brown, Learning Javascript, February 2016,, ISBN 9781491914915, p. 181.
 * It's quite common to intentionally define a function in a specific scope so that it explicitly has access to that scope. This is usually called a closure (you can think of closing the scope around the function).


 * 1813 — Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
 * "Can you possibly guess, Lizzy, who is meant by this? 'This young gentleman is blessed, in a peculiar way, with every thing the heart of mortal can most desire, — splendid property, noble kindred, and extensive patronage. Yet in spite of all these temptations, let me warn my cousin Elizabeth, and yourself, of what evils you may incur by a precipitate closure with this gentleman's proposals, which, of course, you will be inclined to take immediate advantage of.'