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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2004-08-03 05:17:58 (GMT)
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Document general mappings for the locals argument for exec and execfile().
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@@ -343,13 +343,14 @@ class C:
and does not create a new module.\footnote{It is used relatively
rarely so does not warrant being made into a statement.}
- The arguments are a file name and two optional dictionaries. The
- file is parsed and evaluated as a sequence of Python statements
- (similarly to a module) using the \var{globals} and \var{locals}
- dictionaries as global and local namespace. If the \var{locals}
- dictionary is omitted it defaults to the \var{globals} dictionary.
- If both dictionaries are omitted, the expression is executed in the
- environment where \function{execfile()} is called. The return value is
+ The arguments are a file name and two optional dictionaries. The file is
+ parsed and evaluated as a sequence of Python statements (similarly to a
+ module) using the \var{globals} and \var{locals} dictionaries as global and
+ local namespace. If provided, \var{locals} can be any mapping object.
+ \versionchanged[formerly \var{locals} was required to be a dictionary]{2.4}
+ If the \var{locals} dictionary is omitted it defaults to the \var{globals}
+ dictionary. If both dictionaries are omitted, the expression is executed in
+ the environment where \function{execfile()} is called. The return value is
\code{None}.
\warning{The default \var{locals} act as described for function