IronPython 1.0 - Bugs or Features?

[Claudio Grondi]

Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote:
> In <edmlbv$a9h$1 at newsreader2.netcologne.de>, Claudio Grondi wrote:
> 
> 
>>The context:
>>   C:\IronPython> ipy.exe
>>   IronPython 1.0.60816 on .NET 2.0.50727.42
>>   Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>vs.
>>   C:\Python24> python.exe
>>   Python 2.4.2 (#67, Sep 28 2005, 12:41:11) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] 
>>on win32
>>
>>IronPython raises "UnboundLocalError: local variable 'strData' 
>>referenced before assignment" error in following case:
>><code>
>>     while(someCondition):
>>       try:
>>         strData = strSomeValue()
>>       except:
>>         pass
>>       if( type(strData) == str ) : ### <<< HERE THE ERROR
>>         doSomething()
>></code>
>>CPython 2.4.2 doesn't raise an error with same code.
> 
> 
> Well I get a `NameError`  for `someCondition`.  Please post a minimal
> *working* example that produced the error.
I can't as after constructing one according to what I have thought was 
the cause of it I detected that the error was caused by the exception in 
the line
   strData = strSomeValue()
(see also my other posting)
I have just misinterpreted the origin of the "UnboundLocalError:" as 
raised while parsing and was wondering how it comes, that the parser is 
able to detect such things ...
Sorry for the eventually caused confusion.

Claudio Grondi