The CPython 3.1.1 language reference ยง4.1 says
"Each command typed interactively is a block."
It also says
"If a name is bound in a block, it is a local variable of that block, unless
declared as nonlocal"
Even with a non-literal try-for-best-meaning reading I can't get this to mesh
with the actual behavior of the interpreter, e.g.
>>> for x in "poi":
... fandango = 666
...
>>> fandango
666
>>> _
My current understanding is (A) that the interpreter is correct in this respect
(for one would harldly want the effects of statements to be fundamentally
different in interpreted mode, except the presentation of expression results),
and (B), but here I'm less sure, that the documentation is incorrect.
So what I'm asking about is mainly (B), because if the documentation is correct
after all, then there's something I haven't grokked. :-)
Cheers,
- Alf
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