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Closures and Lexical Scoping

Discover how Kotlin lambdas work with closures and lexical scoping to bind external variables. Learn the difference between stateless lambdas and closures, see how mutable variables affect closures, and understand best practices for avoiding common pitfalls in functional programming.

Functional programmers talk about lambdas and closures. Many programmers use those two terms interchangeably, which is acceptable, as long as we know the difference and can discern which one we’re using based on the context. Let’s take a ...