bpo-36739: Update controlflow.rst (GH-12983) · python/cpython@cee95fe (original) (raw)

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`function store the value in the local symbol table; whereas variable references

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`first look in the local symbol table, then in the local symbol tables of

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`enclosing functions, then in the global symbol table, and finally in the table

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of built-in names. Thus, global variables cannot be directly assigned a value

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within a function (unless named in a :keyword:global statement), although they

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may be referenced.

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of built-in names. Thus, global variables and variables of enclosing functions

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cannot be directly assigned a value within a function (unless, for global

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variables, named in a :keyword:global statement, or, for variables of enclosing

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functions, named in a :keyword:nonlocal statement), although they may be

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`The actual parameters (arguments) to a function call are introduced in the local

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`symbol table of the called function when it is called; thus, arguments are