changeset:   97130:7163dd7e9511
parent:      97126:4a0985c7674f
parent:      97129:93f3ca8fdc39
user:        Robert Collins <rbtcollins@hp.com>
date:        Thu Jul 30 06:20:21 2015 +1200
files:       Misc/NEWS
description:
Issue #23589: Remove duplicate sentence from the FAQ.  Patch by Yongzhi Pan.


diff -r 4a0985c7674f -r 7163dd7e9511 Doc/faq/programming.rst
--- a/Doc/faq/programming.rst	Wed Jul 29 14:41:02 2015 +0200
+++ b/Doc/faq/programming.rst	Thu Jul 30 06:20:21 2015 +1200
@@ -187,10 +187,8 @@
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 In Python, variables that are only referenced inside a function are implicitly
-global.  If a variable is assigned a new value anywhere within the function's
-body, it's assumed to be a local.  If a variable is ever assigned a new value
-inside the function, the variable is implicitly local, and you need to
-explicitly declare it as 'global'.
+global.  If a variable is assigned a value anywhere within the function's body,
+it's assumed to be a local unless explicitly declared as global.
 
 Though a bit surprising at first, a moment's consideration explains this.  On
 one hand, requiring :keyword:`global` for assigned variables provides a bar
diff -r 4a0985c7674f -r 7163dd7e9511 Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Wed Jul 29 14:41:02 2015 +0200
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Thu Jul 30 06:20:21 2015 +1200
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
 - Issue #13248: Remove deprecated inspect.getargspec and inspect.getmoduleinfo
   functions.
 
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+- Issue #23589: Remove duplicate sentence from the FAQ.  Patch by Yongzhi Pan.
+
 
 What's New in Python 3.5.0 beta 4?
 ==================================