[Python-checkins] bpo-39431: Also mention nonlocal in assignment quirk (GH-17375)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5a2356be1a3f4a9b2e509a16062016b7d9dee7e9
commit: 5a2356be1a3f4a9b2e509a16062016b7d9dee7e9
branch: 3.8
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
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date: 2020-01-23T10:22:36-08:00
summary:

bpo-39431: Also mention nonlocal in assignment quirk (GH-17375)

(cherry picked from commit 7142df5ea23b4ce0efb72746b4b3b65414e8dcb1)

Co-authored-by: Shanavas M <shanavas.m2 at gmail.com>

files:
M Doc/tutorial/classes.rst

diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
index 0c0dca99f21f2..f781fecf832f0 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ language definition is evolving towards static name resolution, at "compile"
 time, so don't rely on dynamic name resolution!  (In fact, local variables are
 already determined statically.)
 
-A special quirk of Python is that -- if no :keyword:`global` statement is in
-effect -- assignments to names always go into the innermost scope.  Assignments
-do not copy data --- they just bind names to objects.  The same is true for
-deletions: the statement ``del x`` removes the binding of ``x`` from the
+A special quirk of Python is that -- if no :keyword:`global` or :keyword:`nonlocal`
+statement is in effect -- assignments to names always go into the innermost scope.
+Assignments do not copy data --- they just bind names to objects.  The same is true
+for deletions: the statement ``del x`` removes the binding of ``x`` from the
 namespace referenced by the local scope.  In fact, all operations that introduce
 new names use the local scope: in particular, :keyword:`import` statements and
 function definitions bind the module or function name in the local scope.



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