From: Terry Jan Reedy Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2021 05:28:50 +0000 (-0500) Subject: bpo-16781: In 'exec' doc, add 'nonlocal' to 'yield' and 'return' (GH-2446) X-Git-Tag: v3.10.0a6~112 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0ec57e25c918b859b9f8d464e34e0ac859c2f8b3;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git bpo-16781: In 'exec' doc, add 'nonlocal' to 'yield' and 'return' (GH-2446) These 3 statements cannot be used at module scope -- nor in exec with one namespace. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 55dd3f03f929..e36a1695c2ad 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -526,7 +526,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. occurs). [#]_ If it is a code object, it is simply executed. In all cases, the code that's executed is expected to be valid as file input (see the section "File input" in the Reference Manual). Be aware that the - :keyword:`return` and :keyword:`yield` statements may not be used outside of + :keyword:`nonlocal`, :keyword:`yield`, and :keyword:`return` + statements may not be used outside of function definitions even within the context of code passed to the :func:`exec` function. The return value is ``None``.