<div dir="ltr">Here is a contrived reduction of my problem<br><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(187,44,162)">func</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> mainFunction(closure:(</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(112,61,170)">Int</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">) -&gt; </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(112,61,170)">Int</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">) -&gt; </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(112,61,170)">Int</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> {</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">    </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(187,44,162)">func</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> closureDoubled(</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(187,44,162)">_</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> n: </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(112,61,170)">Int</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">) -&gt; </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(112,61,170)">Int</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> {</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">        </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(187,44,162)">let</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> result = closure(n)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">        </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(187,44,162)">return</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(39,42,216)">2</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">*result</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">    </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(187,44,162)">let</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> temp1 = closure(</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(39,42,216)">1</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">    </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(187,44,162)">let</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> temp2 = </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(49,89,93)">closureDoubled</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">(</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(39,42,216)">1</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">    </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(187,44,162)">return</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> temp1+temp2</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">}</span></p></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></div><div>The line &quot;<span style="font-family:menlo;font-size:11px;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(187,44,162)">let</span><span style="font-family:menlo;font-size:11px;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> result = closure(n)</span>&quot; is refused by the compiler with the error message &quot;declaration over non closing parameter may allow it to escape&quot;.</div><div><br></div><div>First off, while I know what an escaping or a non-escaping closure is, I find this error message utterly impossible to understand. To begin with, the sentence &quot;non closing parameter&quot; is meaningless to me.</div><div><br></div><div>In any case, my main function is passed a non-escaping closure. I want to call it from inside it, the compiler is ok with. I want also to call it from a nested function, but the compiler disagrees.</div><div><br></div><div>I believe the compiler should not complain here. Did I miss anything?</div><div><br></div><div>Jean-Denis</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>