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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst index 0c0dca99f2..f781fecf83 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst @@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ language definition is evolving towards static name resolution, at "compile" time, so don't rely on dynamic name resolution! (In fact, local variables are already determined statically.) -A special quirk of Python is that -- if no :keyword:`global` statement is in -effect -- assignments to names always go into the innermost scope. Assignments -do not copy data --- they just bind names to objects. The same is true for -deletions: the statement ``del x`` removes the binding of ``x`` from the +A special quirk of Python is that -- if no :keyword:`global` or :keyword:`nonlocal` +statement is in effect -- assignments to names always go into the innermost scope. +Assignments do not copy data --- they just bind names to objects. The same is true +for deletions: the statement ``del x`` removes the binding of ``x`` from the namespace referenced by the local scope. In fact, all operations that introduce new names use the local scope: in particular, :keyword:`import` statements and function definitions bind the module or function name in the local scope. |