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| author | Robert Collins <rbtcollins@hp.com> | 2015-07-30 06:14:32 +1200 |
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| committer | Robert Collins <rbtcollins@hp.com> | 2015-07-30 06:14:32 +1200 |
| commit | bd4dd54737db2394305745a9cc70981a7ba9eccf (patch) | |
| tree | 62cae674b245d6e87ff26592c986c9b1a8bcb4fa | |
| parent | 111803c0389ff5c68da377dd3c27e30a68c3e2f0 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-bd4dd54737db2394305745a9cc70981a7ba9eccf.tar.gz | |
Issue #23589: Remove duplicate sentence from the FAQ. Patch by Yongzhi Pan.
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/faq/programming.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 2 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/faq/programming.rst b/Doc/faq/programming.rst index 1a71c47cb8..2d3cb1ca05 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/programming.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/programming.rst @@ -187,10 +187,8 @@ What are the rules for local and global variables in Python? ------------------------------------------------------------ In Python, variables that are only referenced inside a function are implicitly -global. If a variable is assigned a new value anywhere within the function's -body, it's assumed to be a local. If a variable is ever assigned a new value -inside the function, the variable is implicitly local, and you need to -explicitly declare it as 'global'. +global. If a variable is assigned a value anywhere within the function's body, +it's assumed to be a local unless explicitly declared as global. Though a bit surprising at first, a moment's consideration explains this. On one hand, requiring :keyword:`global` for assigned variables provides a bar @@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ C API Documentation ------------- +- Issue #23589: Remove duplicate sentence from the FAQ. Patch by Yongzhi Pan. + - Issue #24351: Clarify what is meant by "identifier" in the context of string.Template instances. |