[issue33401] `exec` attribute can't be set to objects in Python2 (SyntaxError)

Emanuel Barry added the comment: Any valid variable name can be used as a an attribute; for example, "spam" is valid while "spam-eggs" is not. This isn't unique to classes, but to all assignments everywhere. If we allowed `o.exec = blah` then we should also allow `exec =

[issue33401] `exec` attribute can't be set to objects in Python2 (SyntaxError)

luav added the comment: I'm sorry for the previous question, now it's clear (the space is allowed after the '.' which complicates the parsing): ``` >>> o.e = 1 >>> o. e 1 >>> o.e 1 ``` Anyway, it would be nice to outline the eligible values for attributes in the

[issue33401] `exec` attribute can't be set to objects in Python2 (SyntaxError)

luav added the comment: Why Python 2 documentation does not outline that keywords / statements can't be used as the object attributes? https://docs.python.org/2/reference/simple_stmts.html#exec And why does this restriction exist at all? The keywords always stand-alone and

[issue33401] `exec` attribute can't be set to objects in Python2 (SyntaxError)

Emanuel Barry added the comment: This is because `exec` is a keyword in Python 2, whereas in Python 3 it's a function. -- nosy: +ebarry resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue33401] `exec` attribute can't be set to objects in Python2 (SyntaxError)

New submission from luav : The following code works fine on Python 3.5.2 but `exec` attribute fails to be set to the object on Python 2.7.12: ```python >>> o = type('O', (object,), {}) >>> o.e = 1 >>> o.eval = 1 >>> o.exec = 1 File "", line 1 o.exec = 1 ^