From: Anthony Shaw Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 15:51:58 +0000 (+1000) Subject: bpo-31968: Documentation -- add clarification on the globals dict for exec() (GH... X-Git-Tag: v3.8.0b1~75 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=059b9ea5ac98f432e41b05d1fa5aab4ffa22df4d;p=python bpo-31968: Documentation -- add clarification on the globals dict for exec() (GH-13140) --- diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 7170a78172..425a985320 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -499,7 +499,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. :func:`exec` function. The return value is ``None``. In all cases, if the optional parts are omitted, the code is executed in the - current scope. If only *globals* is provided, it must be a dictionary, which + current scope. If only *globals* is provided, it must be a dictionary + (and not a subclass of dictionary), which will be used for both the global and the local variables. If *globals* and *locals* are given, they are used for the global and local variables, respectively. If provided, *locals* can be any mapping object. Remember