Ezio Melotti wrote:
Python currently accepts global statements at the top level:
I opened an issue on the tracker (http://bugs.python.org/issue7329)
and Benjamin suggested to discuss this here.
The test he mentioned is in test_global.py:
def test4(self):
prog_text_4 = """\
global x
x = 2
"""
# this should work
compile(prog_text_4, "<test string>", "exec")
It just says that "it should work" but it doesn't say /why/.
Any thoughts?
I make the same suggestion a couple of years ago, either this list or
Py3k list, after newby reported 'problem' on python-list expecting
module-level global to do something. Guido rejected it on the basis that
he wanted to minimized differences between module code and function code.
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