Creating a list of functions in python (python function closure bug?)

Question

I understand functional programming well. I want to create a list of functions that each selects a different element of a list. I have reduced my problem to a simple example

Answer 1

How can I coerce Python to do the right thing?

Here is one approach:

fun_list = []
for i in range(5):
    def fun(e, _ndx=i):
        return e[_ndx]
    fun_list.append(fun)

mylist = range(10)
print([f(mylist) for f in fun_list])

This works because the default value for _ndx is evaluated and saved when the def statement for fun is executed. (In python, def statements are executed.)