Suggestion by Tim Peters clarifying what "before global" means.

(Also added an XXX comment requesting clarification of module
initialization -- TBD later.)
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Guido van Rossum 1998-12-21 18:57:36 +00:00
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@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ identifier in the list. The form with \keyword{from} performs step
\indexii{importing}{module}
\indexii{name}{binding}
\kwindex{from}
% XXX Need to define what ``initialize'' means here
The system maintains a table of modules that have been initialized,
indexed by module name. This table table
@ -548,7 +549,7 @@ names would be impossible without \keyword{global}.
\indexiii{global}{name}{binding}
Names listed in a \keyword{global} statement must not be used in the same
code block before that \keyword{global} statement is executed.
code block textually preceding that \keyword{global} statement.
Names listed in a \keyword{global} statement must not be defined as formal
parameters or in a \keyword{for} loop control target, \keyword{class}