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authorRobert Collins <rbtcollins@hp.com>2015-07-29 18:14:32 (GMT)
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Issue #23589: Remove duplicate sentence from the FAQ. Patch by Yongzhi Pan.
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@@ -187,10 +187,8 @@ What are the rules for local and global variables in Python?
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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