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#4549: Mention nonlocal statement in tutorial section about scoping.

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Georg Brandl 2008-12-05 18:06:58 +00:00
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@ -119,12 +119,11 @@ contains the current module's global names; and the outermost scope (searched
last) is the namespace containing built-in names.
If a name is declared global, then all references and assignments go directly to
the middle scope containing the module's global names. Otherwise, all variables
found outside of the innermost scope are read-only (an attempt to write to such
a variable will simply create a *new* local variable in the innermost scope,
leaving the identically named outer variable unchanged).
.. XXX mention nonlocal
the middle scope containing the module's global names. To rebind variables
found outside of the innermost scope, the :keyword:`nonlocal` statement can be
used; if not declared nonlocal, those variable are read-only (an attempt to
write to such a variable will simply create a *new* local variable in the
innermost scope, leaving the identically named outer variable unchanged).
Usually, the local scope references the local names of the (textually) current
function. Outside functions, the local scope references the same namespace as