[Python-Dev] LOAD_NAME & classes (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh@python.net
23 Apr 2002 09:31:08 +0100

Tim Peters <tim.one@comcast.net> writes:

BTW2, I see plenty of UnboundLocalErrors in my own code, and some of those have occurred when the same name is also in use as a global. It's always been a logic error due to forgetting to initialize a local, and usually due to "moving code up" in an editor. It sure wouldn't be doing me any favor to let such code silently pick up whatever crap happened to be bound to the same-named global; UnboundLocalError is a fine bug-catcher.

Wouldn't it be nice if these were flagged at compile time! More work for Jeremy .

Cheers, M.

-- Strangely enough I saw just such a beast at the grocery store last night. Starbucks sells Javachip. (It's ice cream, but that shouldn't be an obstacle for the Java marketing people.) -- Jeremy Hylton, 29 Apr 1997