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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2013-04-21 21:14:40 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2013-04-21 21:14:40 (GMT) |
| commit | 240a2fd46fab69fdf27cc0fbc00dcca428144e44 (patch) | |
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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 f5d285e..bcbb761 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst @@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ 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 |