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bpo-39431: Also mention nonlocal in assignment quirk (GH-17375)

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Shanavas M 2020-01-23 23:39:21 +05:30 committed by Terry Jan Reedy
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@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ language definition is evolving towards static name resolution, at "compile"
time, so don't rely on dynamic name resolution! (In fact, local variables are
already determined statically.)
A special quirk of Python is that -- if no :keyword:`global` statement is in
effect -- assignments to names always go into the innermost scope. Assignments
do not copy data --- they just bind names to objects. The same is true for
deletions: the statement ``del x`` removes the binding of ``x`` from the
A special quirk of Python is that -- if no :keyword:`global` or :keyword:`nonlocal`
statement is in effect -- assignments to names always go into the innermost scope.
Assignments do not copy data --- they just bind names to objects. The same is true
for deletions: the statement ``del x`` removes the binding of ``x`` from the
namespace referenced by the local scope. In fact, all operations that introduce
new names use the local scope: in particular, :keyword:`import` statements and
function definitions bind the module or function name in the local scope.