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author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1998-12-21 18:57:36 (GMT) |
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committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1998-12-21 18:57:36 (GMT) |
commit | b1f97d6765465b9de6288c7bc8471b27e7c99f40 (patch) | |
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parent | e848976fbaeeb0277cc1fb4ebf56aa992e7a88fb (diff) | |
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Suggestion by Tim Peters clarifying what "before global" means.
(Also added an XXX comment requesting clarification of module
initialization -- TBD later.)
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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref6.tex b/Doc/ref/ref6.tex index a629494..e802bf4 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref6.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref6.tex @@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ identifier in the list. The form with \keyword{from} performs step \indexii{importing}{module} \indexii{name}{binding} \kwindex{from} +% XXX Need to define what ``initialize'' means here The system maintains a table of modules that have been initialized, indexed by module name. This table table @@ -548,7 +549,7 @@ names would be impossible without \keyword{global}. \indexiii{global}{name}{binding} Names listed in a \keyword{global} statement must not be used in the same -code block before that \keyword{global} statement is executed. +code block textually preceding that \keyword{global} statement. Names listed in a \keyword{global} statement must not be defined as formal parameters or in a \keyword{for} loop control target, \keyword{class} |