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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index b314cb2..d8f65b0 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -604,9 +604,13 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. will be used for both the global and the local variables. If *globals* and *locals* are given, they are used for the global and local variables, respectively. If provided, *locals* can be any mapping object. Remember - that at the module level, globals and locals are the same dictionary. If exec - gets two separate objects as *globals* and *locals*, the code will be - executed as if it were embedded in a class definition. + that at the module level, globals and locals are the same dictionary. + + .. note:: + + Most users should just pass a *globals* argument and never *locals*. + If exec gets two separate objects as *globals* and *locals*, the code + will be executed as if it were embedded in a class definition. If the *globals* dictionary does not contain a value for the key ``__builtins__``, a reference to the dictionary of the built-in module |