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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref6.tex b/Doc/ref/ref6.tex index 7710472..0ce94be 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref6.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref6.tex @@ -338,12 +338,16 @@ hints. Deletion of a target list recursively deletes each target, from left to right. -Deletion of a name removes the binding of that name (which must exist) +Deletion of a name removes the binding of that name from the local or global namespace, depending on whether the name -occurs in a \keyword{global} statement in the same code block. +occurs in a \keyword{global} statement in the same code block. If the +name is unbound, a \exception{NameError} exception will be raised. \stindex{global} \indexii{unbinding}{name} +It is illegal to delete a name from the local namespace if it occurs +as a free variable\indexii{free}{varaible} in a nested block. + Deletion of attribute references, subscriptions and slicings is passed to the primary object involved; deletion of a slicing is in general equivalent to assignment of an empty slice of the |