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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-01-21 20:36:10 (GMT)
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svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk ........ r60151 | christian.heimes | 2008-01-21 14:11:15 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 1 line A bunch of header files were not listed as dependencies for object files. Changes to files like Parser/parser.h weren't picked up by make. ........ r60152 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-21 15:16:46 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 3 lines #1087741: make mmap.mmap the type of mmap objects, not a factory function. Allow it to be subclassed. ........ r60153 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-21 15:18:14 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 2 lines mmap is an extension module. ........ r60154 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-21 17:28:13 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 2 lines Fix example. ........ r60155 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-21 17:34:07 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 2 lines #1555501: document plistlib and move it to the general library. ........ r60156 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-21 17:36:00 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 2 lines Add a stub for bundlebuilder documentation. ........ r60157 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-21 17:46:58 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 2 lines Removing bundlebuilder docs again -- it's not to be used anymore (see #779825). ........ r60158 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-21 17:51:51 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 2 lines #997912: acknowledge nested scopes in tutorial. ........ r60159 | vinay.sajip | 2008-01-21 18:02:26 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 1 line Fix: #1836: Off-by-one bug in TimedRotatingFileHandler rollover calculation. Patch thanks to Kathryn M. Kowalski. ........ r60161 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-21 18:13:03 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 2 lines Adapt pydoc to new doc URLs. ........ r60162 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-21 18:17:00 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 2 lines Fix old link. ........ r60163 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-21 18:22:06 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 2 lines #1726198: replace while 1: fp.readline() with file iteration. ........ r60164 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-21 18:29:23 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 2 lines Clarify $ behavior in re docstring. #1631394. ........ r60165 | vinay.sajip | 2008-01-21 18:39:22 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 1 line Minor documentation change - hyperlink tidied up. ........ r60166 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-21 18:42:40 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 2 lines #1530959: change distutils build dir for --with-pydebug python builds. ........ r60167 | vinay.sajip | 2008-01-21 19:16:05 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 1 line Updated to include news on recent logging fixes and documentation changes. ........ r60168 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-21 19:35:49 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 3 lines Issue #1882: when compiling code from a string, encoding cookies in the second line of code were not always recognized correctly. ........ r60170 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-21 19:36:51 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 2 lines Add NEWS entry for #1882. ........ r60172 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-21 19:41:24 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 2 lines Use original location of document, which has translations. ........ r60173 | walter.doerwald | 2008-01-21 21:18:04 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 2 lines Follow PEP 8 in module docstring. ........ r60175 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-21 21:20:53 +0100 (Mon, 21 Jan 2008) | 2 lines Adapt to latest doctools refactoring. ........
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The *execution* of a function introduces a new symbol table used for the local
variables of the function. More precisely, all variable assignments in a
function store the value in the local symbol table; whereas variable references
-first look in the local symbol table, then in the global symbol table, and then
-in the table of built-in names. Thus, global variables cannot be directly
-assigned a value within a function (unless named in a :keyword:`global`
-statement), although they may be referenced.
+first look in the local symbol table, then in the local symbol tables of
+enclosing functions, then in the global symbol table, and finally in the table
+of built-in names. Thus, global variables cannot be directly assigned a value
+within a function (unless named in a :keyword:`global` statement), although they
+may be 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