Syntax error in ".py" file and globals variable values not available.

[Alexis Boutillier]

Timothy Grant a écrit :
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 1:40 AM, Alexis Boutillier
> <alexis.boutillier at arteris.com> wrote:
>> Timothy Grant a écrit :
>>> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 2:49 AM, Alexis Boutillier
>>> <alexis.boutillier at arteris.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have a strange behaviour of python with pdb and import statement.
>>>> Here is the example code :
>>>>
>>>> file my1.py:
>>>> import my2
>>>>
>>>> file my2.py:
>>>> a=5
>>>> toto
>>>>
>>>> I intentionnaly put a syntax error in file my2.py.
>>>>
>>>> If I run "python -i my2.py" and run pdb I got :
>>>> NameError: name 'toto' is not defined
>>>>>>> import pdb
>>>>>>> pdb.pm()
>>>> -> toto
>>>>>>> print a
>>>> 5
>>>>
>>>> If I run "python -i my1.py" and run pdb I got :
>>>> NameError: name 'toto' is not defined
>>>>>>> import pdb
>>>>>>> pdb.pm()
>>>> -> toto
>>>>>>> print a
>>>> None
>>>>
>>>> Why can't I get access to variable a in pdb when the process generating
>>>> the
>>>> error came from an import statement ?
>>>>
>>>> With python 2.3.5, it works fine and in the two cases I get the correct
>>>> value of 5 for variable "a".
>>>> with python 2.43,2.5.1,2.5.2, it doesn't work and I get "None" value for
>>>> variable a.
>>>>
>>>> Somebody can explain me this behaviour ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> --
>>>> Boutillier Alexis
>>>> Methodology engineer
>>>>
>>>> Arteris SA
>>>> The Network-on-Chip Company TM
>>>> www.arteris.net
>>>>
>>>> 6 par Ariane Immeuble Mercure
>>>> 78284 Guyancourt Cedex
>>>> France
>>>> Office: (+33) 1 61 37 38 71
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>>>> Alexis.Boutillier at arteris.net
>>>> --
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>>>>
>>>
>>> Because of the syntax error the module wasn't loaded.
>>>
>>> What kind of behaviour would you expect on code that has been flagged
>>> as not executable?
>>>
>> I got the same behaviour with :
>> file my2.py:
>> a=5
>> raise SystemError,""
>>
>> In pdb, I can't have the value of attribute a.
>> So this is not linked to the fact that it is a SyntaxError or a SystemError.
>>
>> I expect to be able to have the value of all attributes that have been used
>> before the error occured.
>> This is problematic because in a more complicated code, you can't have the
>> value of the attribute that was used before the error occured.
>> Python know that this attribute exist, it only don't have its value. other
>> attribute affected are : __name__,__doc__,__file__.
>>
>> --
>> Boutillier Alexis
>> Methodology engineer
>>
>> Arteris SA
>> The Network-on-Chip Company TM
>> www.arteris.net
>>
>> 6 par Ariane Immeuble Mercure
>> 78284 Guyancourt Cedex
>> France
>> Office: (+33) 1 61 37 38 71
>> Fax:    (+33) 1 61 37 38 41
>> Alexis.Boutillier at arteris.net
>> --
>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>>
> 
> So if you were writing C code and the file failed to compile you would
> still expect to have a working executable that just worked up until
> the point of the syntax error?
> 
> I'm not sure why you just don't fix the syntax error and move on.
> 
> 

As you can see in my last response, this problem is not linked to the 
type of error, If I "raise" a SystemError instead of creating a 
SyntaxError I still can't access variable defined before the error.


-- 
Boutillier Alexis
Methodology engineer

Arteris SA
The Network-on-Chip Company TM
www.arteris.net

6 par Ariane Immeuble Mercure
78284 Guyancourt Cedex
France
Office: (+33) 1 61 37 38 71
Fax:    (+33) 1 61 37 38 41
Alexis.Boutillier at arteris.net