diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst index 26de866aab90cb..5d5b01d8132771 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst @@ -300,11 +300,10 @@ passed using *call by value* (where the *value* is always an object *reference*, not the value of the object). [#]_ When a function calls another function, a new local symbol table is created for that call. -A function definition introduces the function name in the current symbol table. -The value of the function name has a type that is recognized by the interpreter -as a user-defined function. This value can be assigned to another name which -can then also be used as a function. This serves as a general renaming -mechanism:: +A function definition associates the function name with the function object in +the current symbol table. The interpreter recognizes the object pointed to by +that name as a user-defined function. Other names can also point to that same +function object and can also be used to access the function:: >>> fib pFad - Phonifier reborn

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