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76 | Deletion is recursively defined very similar to the way assignment is | |
77 | defined. Rather that spelling it out in full details, here are some | |
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81 | Deletion of a target list recursively deletes each target, from left | |
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85 | Deletion of a name removes the binding of that name | |
86 | from the local or global namespace, depending on whether the name | |
87 | occurs in a <tt class="keyword">global</tt> statement in the same code block. If the | |
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