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| author | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2021-02-20 00:26:21 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-02-20 00:26:21 (GMT) |
| commit | b30fcba3a8abaabd1087f2392ae8aec4c1b1f210 (patch) | |
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bpo-43042: Augment tutorial sentence (GH-24514)
Calling same function also gets new local namespace.
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst index b8aec2b..9ee18f7 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst @@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ referenced. The actual parameters (arguments) to a function call are introduced in the local symbol table of the called function when it is called; thus, arguments are passed using *call by value* (where the *value* is always an object *reference*, -not the value of the object). [#]_ When a function calls another function, a new +not the value of the object). [#]_ When a function calls another function, +or calls itself recursively, a new local symbol table is created for that call. A function definition associates the function name with the function object in |