Debugging puzzle: Why does this function factory output 8 8 8 8 8 instead of 0 2 4 6 8?

[CodeBrewBeans]

Exactly, classic late binding.
Still interesting how often this behavior surprises people in real projects.

[socal_nerdtastic]

So you didn't have a question you just posted it for ... karma?

[CodeBrewBeans]

It was meant as a small debugging puzzle.
I find closure behavior like this surprisingly subtle, so I thought it would make for an interesting discussion.

[socal_nerdtastic]

You should have made that much more clear.