From 927ccd257f69ea96e0de336bbf1d787473ece3e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Peterson Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:36:39 +0000 Subject: update for nonlocal keyword --- Doc/glossary.rst | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index 942f1e2..8363714 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -422,12 +422,14 @@ Glossary modules, respectively. nested scope + The ability to refer to a variable in an enclosing definition. For instance, a function defined inside another function can refer to - variables in the outer function. Note that nested scopes work only for - reference and not for assignment which will always write to the innermost - scope. In contrast, local variables both read and write in the innermost - scope. Likewise, global variables read and write to the global namespace. + variables in the outer function. Note that nested scopes by default work + only for reference and not for assignment. Local variables both read and + write in the innermost scope. Likewise, global variables read and write + to the global namespace. The :keyword:`nonlocal` allows writing to outer + scopes. new-style class Old name for the flavor of classes now used for all class objects. In -- cgit v0.12