#include #include typedef int (^IntBlock)(); IntBlock MakeCounter(int start, int increment) { __block int i = start; return Block_copy( ^ { int ret = i; i += increment; return ret; }); } int main(void) { IntBlock mycounter = MakeCounter(5, 2); printf("First call: %d\n", mycounter()); printf("Second call: %d\n", mycounter()); printf("Third call: %d\n", mycounter()); /* because it was copied, it must also be released */ Block_release(mycounter); return 0; } /* Output: First call: 5 Second call: 7 Third call: 9 */ // From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective-C