On Nov 2, 2007, at 12:35 AM, Joel VanderWerf wrote:

> Maybe to avoid exposing the constant, H?

yes that's it - holding the state via closure saves namespace.   
sometimes it's not possible, but it seems like a good idea to try it  
first.

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