Scope of lambda functions and their parameters?

Question

I need a callback function that is almost exactly the same for a series of gui events. The function will behave slightly differently depending on which event has called it.

Answer 1

the soluiton to lambda is more lambda

In [0]: funcs = [(lambda j: (lambda: j))(i) for i in ('do', 're', 'mi')]

In [1]: funcs
Out[1]: 
[>,
 >,
 >]

In [2]: [f() for f in funcs]
Out[2]: ['do', 're', 'mi']

the outer lambda is used to bind the current value of i to j at the

each time the outer lambda is called it makes an instance of the inner lambda with j bound to the current value of i as i's value