https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5ddd72afd8c6b47b0ad5b46e8c2bb305184aed25 commit: 5ddd72afd8c6b47b0ad5b46e8c2bb305184aed25 branch: 3.14 author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]> committer: hugovk <[email protected]> date: 2025-09-16T16:54:37+03:00 summary:
[3.14] gh-138871: Clarify NameError exception in 'del' (GH-138881) (#138903) Co-authored-by: Kian Eliasi <[email protected]> files: M Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst index e8cfc8d8403bc9..d674804df8f82e 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst @@ -465,8 +465,8 @@ Deletion of a target list recursively deletes each target, from left to right. Deletion of a name removes the binding of that name from the local or global namespace, depending on whether the name occurs in a :keyword:`global` statement -in the same code block. If the name is unbound, a :exc:`NameError` exception -will be raised. +in the same code block. Trying to delete an unbound name raises a +:exc:`NameError` exception. .. index:: pair: attribute; deletion _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: [email protected]
