Commit 059b9ea5 authored by Anthony Shaw's avatar Anthony Shaw Committed by Raymond Hettinger

bpo-31968: Documentation -- add clarification on the globals dict for exec() (GH-13140)

parent 66501058
...@@ -499,7 +499,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. ...@@ -499,7 +499,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
:func:`exec` function. The return value is ``None``. :func:`exec` function. The return value is ``None``.
In all cases, if the optional parts are omitted, the code is executed in the 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 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, *locals* are given, they are used for the global and local variables,
respectively. If provided, *locals* can be any mapping object. Remember respectively. If provided, *locals* can be any mapping object. Remember
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