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#6925: rewrite docs for locals() and vars() a bit.

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Georg Brandl 2009-09-18 21:21:41 +00:00
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@ -632,15 +632,13 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
.. function:: locals()
Update and return a dictionary representing the current local symbol table.
Free variables are returned by :func:`locals` when it is called in function
blocks, but not in class blocks.
.. note::
The contents of this dictionary should not be modified; changes may not affect
the values of local variables used by the interpreter.
Free variables are returned by :func:`locals` when it is called in a function block.
Modifications of free variables may not affect the values used by the
interpreter. Free variables are not returned in class blocks.
The contents of this dictionary should not be modified; changes may not
affect the values of local and free variables used by the interpreter.
.. function:: long([x[, base]])
@ -1359,10 +1357,10 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
.. function:: vars([object])
Without arguments, return a dictionary corresponding to the current local symbol
table. With a module, class or class instance object as argument (or anything
else that has a :attr:`__dict__` attribute), returns a dictionary corresponding
to the object's symbol table.
Without an argument, act like :func:`locals`.
With a module, class or class instance object as argument (or anything else that
has a :attr:`__dict__` attribute), return that attribute.
.. note::