New submission from Ezio Melotti <ezio.melo...@gmail.com>: Python currently accepts global statements at the top level: >>> global foo >>>
Beside being a meaningless operation, this might lead unexperienced user to make mistakes like: >>> foo = 5 >>> global foo # make foo global >>> def func(): ... print foo # access the global foo ... >>> func() 5 >>> # it works! "global foo" should raise a SyntaxError, similarly to what already happens with "return": >>> return foo File "<stdin>", line 1 SyntaxError: 'return' outside function ---------- components: Interpreter Core messages: 95299 nosy: benjamin.peterson, ezio.melotti priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: global statements outside functions/methods should raise SyntaxError type: feature request versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue7329> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
