So. The issue was closed and I suppose it was closed by not entirely understanding the problem (or I didn't get it completely).
The question is - what the following code should do? def f(): a = 2 class C: exec 'a = 42' abc = a return C print f().abc (quick answer - on python2.5 it return 42, on python 2.6 and up it returns 2, the patch changes it to syntax error). I would say that returning 2 is the less obvious thing to do. The reason why IMO this should be a syntax error is this code: def f(): a = 2 def g(): exec 'a = 42' abc = a which throws syntax error. Cheers, fijal _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com