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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst index 813b7ca..81a28a6 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst @@ -279,9 +279,11 @@ variables of the function. More precisely, all variable assignments in a function store the value in the local symbol table; whereas variable references first look in the local symbol table, then in the local symbol tables of enclosing functions, then in the global symbol table, and finally in the table -of built-in names. Thus, global variables cannot be directly assigned a value -within a function (unless named in a :keyword:`global` statement), although they -may be referenced. +of built-in names. Thus, global variables and variables of enclosing functions +cannot be directly assigned a value within a function (unless, for global +variables, named in a :keyword:`global` statement, or, for variables of enclosing +functions, named in a :keyword:`nonlocal` statement), although they may be +referenced. The actual parameters (arguments) to a function call are introduced in the local symbol table of the called function when it is called; thus, arguments are |