Message95333
The compiler doesn't know how the code is going to be used apart from
the "mode" parameter:
py> c=compile("x=1","","exec")
py> import dis
py> dis.dis(c)
1 0 LOAD_CONST 0 (1)
3 STORE_NAME 0 (x)
6 LOAD_CONST 1 (None)
9 RETURN_VALUE
py> c=compile("global x; x=1","","exec")
py> dis.dis(c)
1 0 LOAD_CONST 0 (1)
3 STORE_GLOBAL 0 (x)
6 LOAD_CONST 1 (None)
9 RETURN_VALUE
The generated code is different, and I may exec it at global or local
scope, with different results.
compile would require a new mode, different from "exec", to
mean "compile this as a module at global scope; forbid global
statements"
If not, this would become invalid:
def foo():
c=compile("global x; x=1","","exec")
exec c
since -at the compile phase- the code is indistinghishable from a
module.
Also, since PEP3003 has been approved (moratorium), language changes
like this will have to wait a few years. |
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2009-11-16 09:38:28 | ggenellina | set | recipients:
+ ggenellina, benjamin.peterson, ezio.melotti |
2009-11-16 09:38:28 | ggenellina | set | messageid: <1258364308.08.0.597319937904.issue7329@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2009-11-16 09:38:26 | ggenellina | link | issue7329 messages |
2009-11-16 09:38:26 | ggenellina | create | |
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