Consider this code: ``` var x = 0 repeat(10) { x +...

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[robin]

Consider this code:

var x = 0
repeat(10) { x += 1 }

After this code block, x will be 10.
If the code behaved like you seem to be expecting, x would still be 0 after the block, which negates all the benefits you get by having real closures.