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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2013-04-21 20:59:04 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2013-04-21 20:59:04 (GMT) |
| commit | ca3f29413e0e35d01108ff128ed40549cf589983 (patch) | |
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| parent | 7503b4f463867957e67509f1e742c3d7b33e3289 (diff) | |
| parent | 25187e666b5fa53b7d2b1eeeb318f1267d87de13 (diff) | |
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#15575: Clarify tutorial description of when modules are executed.
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst index fbcbe52..99e15bc 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst @@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ More on Modules A module can contain executable statements as well as function definitions. These statements are intended to initialize the module. They are executed only -the *first* time the module is imported somewhere. [#]_ +the *first* time the module name is encountered in an import statement. [#]_ +(They are also run if the file is executed as a script.) Each module has its own private symbol table, which is used as the global symbol table by all functions defined in the module. Thus, the author of a module can |