Subject: Inline closures are not real closures. From: Lars Date: 991104 Type: Feature State: Done - implemented in 3.3.271 See also: f-020528 Inline closures still lack the ability to use the values of the local vars of their creating function. void foo(string name) { funcall( (: name :) ); } for example does not compile. There is of course the problem of distinguishing environment- and closurelocal variables.