[Python-Dev] Inconsistent nesting of scopes in exec(..., locals())

[Nick Coghlan]

Joachim B Haga wrote:
>> Since changing this would break class definitions, that ain't going to
>> happen. Suggestions for how to explain the behaviour more clearly in the
>> exec() documentation probably wouldn't hurt though.
> 
> I don't quite see how exec() affects the class definition syntax?

I was merely pointing out that running exec() with separate globals and
locals namespaces ends up invoking the same underlying machinery as is
used to execute a class definition.

For the docs suggestions, could you either email that to
docs at python.org, or else create a documentation issue at
bugs.python.org? (It will get lost otherwise)

Cheers,
Nick.

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