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Expand Up @@ -820,7 +820,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.

Update and return a dictionary representing the current local symbol table.
Free variables are returned by :func:`locals` when it is called in function
blocks, but not in class blocks.
blocks, but not in class blocks. Note that at the module level, :func:`locals`
and :func:`globals` are the same dictionary.

.. note::
The contents of this dictionary should not be modified; changes may not
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