# HG changeset patch # Parent 56f71f02206ebe3413caa53b614403617ac544ed Issue #19737: Avoid implying globals() returns a copy diff -r 56f71f02206e Doc/library/functions.rst --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst Tue Dec 16 18:17:18 2014 -0800 +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst Wed Dec 17 02:53:09 2014 +0000 @@ -578,9 +578,9 @@ .. function:: globals() - Return a dictionary representing the current global symbol table. This is always - the dictionary of the current module (inside a function or method, this is the - module where it is defined, not the module from which it is called). + Return the dictionary of the current module. (Inside a function or method, + this is the module where it is defined, not the module from which it is + called.) The dictionary represents the global symbol table. .. function:: hasattr(object, name)