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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1998-06-18 16:45:34 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1998-06-18 16:45:34 (GMT)
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Added a stronger warning about changing the dictionary returned by
locals().
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@@ -334,8 +334,9 @@ returns \code{['a', 'b', 'c']} and \code{list( (1, 2, 3) )} returns
\begin{funcdesc}{locals}{}
Return a dictionary representing the current local symbol table.
-Inside a function, modifying this dictionary does not always have the
-desired effect.
+\strong{Warning:} the contents of this dictionary should not be
+modified; changes may not affect the values of local variables used by
+the interpreter.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{long}{x}