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576.5 The <tt class="keyword">del</tt> statement
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76Deletion is recursively defined very similar to the way assignment is
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81Deletion of a target list recursively deletes each target, from left
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85Deletion of a name removes the binding of that name
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95Deletion of attribute references, subscriptions and slicings
96is passed to the primary object involved; deletion of a slicing
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