Can you explain closures (as they relate to Python)?

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Closure on closures

Objects are data with methods
attached, closures are functions with
data attached.

def make_counter():
    i = 0
    def counter(): # counter() is a closure
        nonlocal i
        i += 1
        return i
    return counter

c1 = make_counter()
c2 = make_counter()

print (c1(), c1(), c2(), c2())
# -> 1 2 1 2

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