solipsis at pitrou
Nov 15, 2009, 12:23 PM
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Re: global statements outside functions/methods should raise SyntaxError
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Benjamin Peterson <benjamin <at> python.org> writes:
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> 2009/11/15 Michael Foord <fuzzyman <at> voidspace.org.uk>:
> > Well, personally I think it would be a good thing if this raised an
> > exception during bytecode compilation - but it would fall under the
> > moratorium and have to wait a few years.
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> It could probably be considered a bug, though, since the global
> statement in that case silently has absolutely no effect.
Indeed, and it's not like other implementations would be at a disadvantage if
they didn't implement this error.
Warning that the construct is meaningless can be helpful, especially for
refugees from other languages.
Regards
Antoine.
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