Do we have closures in C++?

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Parvinder Singh picture Parvinder Singh · Sep 28, 2012 · Viewed 40.7k times · Source

I was reading about closures on the net. I was wondering if C++ has a built-in facility for closures or if there is any way we can implement closures in C++?

Answer

Apeirogon Prime picture Apeirogon Prime · Sep 28, 2012

The latest C++ standard, C++11, has closures.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B11#Lambda_functions_and_expressions

http://www.cprogramming.com/c++11/c++11-lambda-closures.html

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