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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-07-07 22:58:28 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-07-07 22:58:28 (GMT)
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documented globals() and locals()
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@@ -47,8 +47,11 @@ exactly one argument.)
give the file from which the code was read; pass e.g. \code{'<string>'}
if it wasn't read from a file. The \var{kind} argument specifies
what kind of code must be compiled; it can be \code{'exec'} if
- \var{string} consists of a sequence of statements, or \code{'eval'}
- if it consists of a single expression.
+ \var{string} consists of a sequence of statements, \code{'eval'}
+ if it consists of a single expression, or \code{'single'} if
+ it consists of a single interactive statement (in the latter case,
+ expression statements that evaluate to something else than
+ \code{None} will printed).
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{delattr}{object\, name}
@@ -112,8 +115,9 @@ exactly one argument.)
Hints: dynamic execution of statements is supported by the
\code{exec} statement. Execution of statements from a file is
- supported by the \code{execfile()} function. The \code{vars()}
- function returns the current local dictionary, which may be useful
+ supported by the \code{execfile()} function. The \code{globals()}
+ and \code{locals()} functions returns the current global and local
+ dictionary, respectively, which may be useful
to pass around for use by \code{eval()} or \code{execfile()}.
\end{funcdesc}
@@ -158,6 +162,13 @@ removed.
\code{\var{x}.\var{foobar}}.
\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{globals}{}
+Return a dictionary representing the current global symbol table.
+This is always the dictionary of the current module (inside a
+function or method, this is the module where it is defined, not the
+module from which it is called).
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{hasattr}{object\, name}
The arguments are an object and a string. The result is 1 if the
string is the name of one of the object's attributes, 0 if not.
@@ -206,6 +217,12 @@ removed.
may be a sequence (string, tuple or list) or a mapping (dictionary).
\end{funcdesc}
+\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.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{long}{x}
Convert a number to a long integer. The argument may be a plain or
long integer or a floating point number.