From 31d61a75c9ae8c1b1bc6447f517122be8adce2ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alyssa Coghlan Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 16:38:06 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] DOCS: fix error in exec namespace note (gh-119378) When updating the new exec note added in gh-119235 as part of the PEP 667 general docs PR, I suggested a workaround that isn't valid. The first half of the note is still reasonable, so just omit the invalid text. --- Doc/library/functions.rst | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index a879ddbca92..cb9b650badc 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -623,10 +623,6 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. means functions and classes defined in the executed code will not be able to access variables assigned at the top level (as the "top level" variables are treated as class variables in a class definition). - Passing a :class:`collections.ChainMap` instance as *globals* allows name - lookups to be chained across multiple mappings without triggering this - behaviour. Values assigned to top level names in the executed code can be - retrieved by passing an empty dictionary as the first entry in the chain. If the *globals* dictionary does not contain a value for the key ``__builtins__``, a reference to the dictionary of the built-in module