[Python-Dev] Unbinding a name referenced by an enclosing scope - error in documentation?

[Benjamin Peterson]

2011/2/26 Grigory Javadyan <grigory.javadyan at gmail.com>:
>>>> def f():
> ...     a = 42
> ...     def g():
> ...             nonlocal a
> ...             del a
> ...
> SyntaxError: can not delete variable 'a' referenced in nested scope
>
> Which looks weird, because the name is referenced in the _enclosed_
> scope, not the _enclosing_ scope. Is there a typo in the documentation
> or am I missing something?

Actually you can do that now 3.2+. I've now removed that sentence;.



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Regards,
Benjamin