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Clarifying nonlocal doc: SyntaxError is raised if nearest enclosing scope is global #114009

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Nonload and global doc update executionmodel.rst
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Fix global keyword link
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Expand Up @@ -139,8 +139,9 @@ namespace. Names are resolved in the top-level namespace by searching the
global namespace, i.e. the namespace of the module containing the code block,
and the builtins namespace, the namespace of the module :mod:`builtins`. The
global namespace is searched first. If the names are not found there, the
builtins namespace is searched. The :keyword:`!global` statement must precede
all uses of the listed names.
builtins namespace is searched. A new variable is created in the global
namespace if the name is also not found in builtins namespace. The
:keyword:`!global` statement must precede all uses of the listed names.

The :keyword:`global` statement has the same scope as a name binding operation
in the same block. If the nearest enclosing scope for a free variable contains
Expand All @@ -151,7 +152,8 @@ a global statement, the free variable is treated as a global.
The :keyword:`nonlocal` statement causes corresponding names to refer
to previously bound variables in the nearest enclosing function scope.
:exc:`SyntaxError` is raised at compile time if the given name does not
exist in any enclosing function scope. :ref:`Type parameters <type-params>`
exist in any enclosing function scope, or if the nearest enclosing scope
is the global (module) scope. :ref:`Type parameters <type-params>`
cannot be rebound with the :keyword:`!nonlocal` statement.

.. index:: pair: module; __main__
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