golang做web服务器时为什么用自定义handler的方式而不是全局变量？

Question

例如网上的一段代码：

package main

import (
  "log"
  "net/http"
  "time"
)

func timeHandler(format string) http.Handler {
  fn := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    tm := time.Now().Format(format)
    w.Write([]byte("The time is: " + tm))
  }
  return http.HandlerFunc(fn)
}

func main() {
  // Note that we skip creating the ServeMux...

  var format string = time.RFC1123
  th := timeHandler(format)

  // We use http.Handle instead of mux.Handle...
  http.Handle("/time", th)

  log.Println("Listening...")
  // And pass nil as the handler to ListenAndServe.
  http.ListenAndServe(":3000", nil)
}

为啥不直接把var format string = time.RFC1123这一点放到main函数外定义，作为全局变量，然后在handler里直接取？

Answer 1

也许只是写例子的人想顺便演示一下闭包。