bpo-32413: Add documentation that at the module level, locals(), globals() are the same dictionary (GH-5004)

srinivasreddy · miss-islington · commit 1c5fa5af8a95 · 2019-04-02T10:58:50.000-07:00
https://bugs.python.org/issue32413
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -843,7 +843,8 @@ 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
