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| author | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2009-03-25 21:50:43 (GMT) |
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| committer | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2009-03-25 21:50:43 (GMT) |
| commit | 9611b5ef75446598b8fbd26016fa9cf20548291c (patch) | |
| tree | a68d8ed51f70ed24f03ca66b9d4b50df2dfa2456 /Doc | |
| parent | 0468df3d33cd02ad693227a61995b78f35ab4384 (diff) | |
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wild card import is only allowed at the module level
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diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst index e6fa6cd..4be9875 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst @@ -794,10 +794,10 @@ namespace which do not begin with an underscore character (``'_'``). accidentally exporting items that are not part of the API (such as library modules which were imported and used within the module). -The :keyword:`from` form with ``*`` may only occur in a module scope. If the -wild card form of import --- ``import *`` --- is used in a function and the -function contains or is a nested block with free variables, the compiler will -raise a :exc:`SyntaxError`. +The :keyword:`from` form with ``*`` may only occur in a module scope. The wild +card form of import --- ``import *`` --- is only allowed at the module level. +Attempting to use it in class for function definitions will raise a +:exc:`SyntaxError`. .. index:: single: relative; import |