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diff --git a/Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst b/Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst index cc9ee3d..ca8bc2b 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst @@ -86,9 +86,10 @@ subclass of :exc:`NameError`. The following constructs bind names: formal parameters to functions, :keyword:`import` statements, class and function definitions (these bind the class or function name in the defining block), and targets that are identifiers -if occurring in an assignment, :keyword:`for` loop header, or in the second -position of an :keyword:`except` clause header. The :keyword:`import` statement -of the form "``from ...import *``" binds all names defined in the imported +if occurring in an assignment, :keyword:`for` loop header, or after +:keyword:`as` in a :keyword:`with` statement or :keyword.`except` clause. +The :keyword:`import` statement +of the form ``from ... import *`` binds all names defined in the imported module, except those beginning with an underscore. This form may only be used at the module level. |