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add clarification on the globals dict
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Avoid separate note with mostly duplicate phrasing.
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Expand Up @@ -478,7 +478,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
:func:`exec` function. The return value is ``None``.

In all cases, if the optional parts are omitted, the code is executed in the
current scope. If only *globals* is provided, it must be a dictionary, which
current scope. If only *globals* is provided, it must be a dictionary
(and not a subclass of dictionary), which
will be used for both the global and the local variables. If *globals* and
*locals* are given, they are used for the global and local variables,
respectively. If provided, *locals* can be any mapping object. Remember
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