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diff --git a/Doc/faq/programming.rst b/Doc/faq/programming.rst index 1a71c47..2d3cb1c 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/programming.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/programming.rst @@ -187,10 +187,8 @@ What are the rules for local and global variables in Python? ------------------------------------------------------------ In Python, variables that are only referenced inside a function are implicitly -global. If a variable is assigned a new value anywhere within the function's -body, it's assumed to be a local. If a variable is ever assigned a new value -inside the function, the variable is implicitly local, and you need to -explicitly declare it as 'global'. +global. If a variable is assigned a value anywhere within the function's body, +it's assumed to be a local unless explicitly declared as global. Though a bit surprising at first, a moment's consideration explains this. On one hand, requiring :keyword:`global` for assigned variables provides a bar |