Mention nonlocal too in assignment quirk

[shanavas786]

BPO	39431
Nosy	@terryjreedy, @miss-islington, @shanavas786
PRs	bpo-39431: Mention nonlocal too in assignment quirk #17375 [3.7] bpo-39431: Also mention nonlocal in assignment quirk (GH-17375) #18152 [3.8] bpo-39431: Also mention nonlocal in assignment quirk (GH-17375) #18153

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closed_at = <Date 2020-01-23.18:58:56.453>
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labels = ['3.8', 'type-bug', '3.7', '3.9', 'docs']
title = 'Mention nonlocal too in assignment quirk'
updated_at = <Date 2020-01-23.18:58:56.453>
user = 'https://github.com/shanavas786'

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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue39431'
versions = ['Python 3.7', 'Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9']

Linked PRs

• GH-83162: Rename re.error for better clarity. #101676

[shanavas786]

Doc says "A special quirk of Python is that -- if no :keyword:`global` statement is in A special quirk of Python is that -- if no :keyword:`global` or :keyword:`nonlocal`
effect -- assignments to names always go into the innermost scope."

nonlocal should also be mentioned along with global

[terryjreedy]

New changeset 7142df5 by Terry Jan Reedy (Shanavas M) in branch 'master':
bpo-39431: Also mention nonlocal in assignment quirk (GH-17375)
7142df5

[miss-islington]

New changeset 0c12d70 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.7':
bpo-39431: Also mention nonlocal in assignment quirk (GH-17375)
0c12d70

[miss-islington]

New changeset 5a2356b by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.8':
bpo-39431: Also mention nonlocal in assignment quirk (GH-17375)
5a2356b