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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex index fa9cd55bfd..0c5b0e359e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex @@ -291,8 +291,12 @@ class C: \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{eval}{expression\optional{, globals\optional{, locals}}} - The arguments are a string and two optional dictionaries. The - \var{expression} argument is parsed and evaluated as a Python + The arguments are a string and optional globals and locals. If provided, + \var{globals} must be a dictionary. If provided, \var{locals} can be + any mapping object. \versionchanged[formerly \var{locals} was required + to be a dictionary]{2.4} + + The \var{expression} argument is parsed and evaluated as a Python expression (technically speaking, a condition list) using the \var{globals} and \var{locals} dictionaries as global and local name space. If the \var{globals} dictionary is present and lacks |