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diff --git a/Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst b/Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst index 55ac01b6a8..5c85dd7052 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst @@ -119,14 +119,14 @@ is subtle. Python lacks declarations and allows name binding operations to occur anywhere within a code block. The local variables of a code block can be determined by scanning the entire text of the block for name binding operations. -If the :keyword:`global` statement occurs within a block, all uses of the name -specified in the statement refer to the binding of that name in the top-level +If the :keyword:`global` statement occurs within a block, all uses of the names +specified in the statement refer to the bindings of those names in the top-level namespace. Names are resolved in the top-level namespace by searching the global namespace, i.e. the namespace of the module containing the code block, and the builtins namespace, the namespace of the module :mod:`builtins`. The -global namespace is searched first. If the name is not found there, the +global namespace is searched first. If the names are not found there, the builtins namespace is searched. The :keyword:`!global` statement must precede -all uses of the name. +all uses of the listed names. The :keyword:`global` statement has the same scope as a name binding operation in the same block. If the nearest enclosing scope for a free variable contains |