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diff --git a/Doc/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/libfuncs.tex index 73bc1454b7..ab4b03c98b 100644 --- a/Doc/libfuncs.tex +++ b/Doc/libfuncs.tex @@ -355,6 +355,18 @@ its goal is to return a printable string. \end{verbatim}\ecode \end{funcdesc} +\begin{funcdesc}{vars}{} +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 \code{__dict__} attribute), +returns a dictionary corresponding to the object's symbol table. +The returned dictionary should not be modified: the effects on the +corresponding symbol table are undefined.% +\footnote{In the current implementation, local variable bindings +cannot normally be affected this way, but variables retrieved from +other scopes can be. This may change.} +\end{funcdesc} + \begin{funcdesc}{xrange}{start\, end\, step} This function is very similar to \code{range()}, but returns an ``xrange object'' instead of a list. This is an opaque sequence type |