.. _tut-scopes:
-Python Scopes and Name Spaces
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+Python Scopes and Namespaces
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Before introducing classes, I first have to tell you something about Python's
scope rules. Class definitions play some neat tricks with namespaces, and you
:keyword:`del` statement. For example, ``del modname.the_answer`` will remove
the attribute :attr:`the_answer` from the object named by ``modname``.
-Name spaces are created at different moments and have different lifetimes. The
+Namespaces are created at different moments and have different lifetimes. The
namespace containing the built-in names is created when the Python interpreter
starts up, and is never deleted. The global namespace for a module is created
when the module definition is read in; normally, module namespaces also last