[Python-Dev] bug or a feature?

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Wed Jun 11 06:02:13 CEST 2008


Maciej Fijalkowski wrote:
> What do you think about this code:
> 
> class A:
>    locals()[42] = 98
> 
> Seems people rely on it working. Do we consider it part of python
> language?

Modifying the dict returned by locals() is documented
as NOT being guaranteed to work, isn't it?

-- 
Greg


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