[New-bugs-announce] [issue5044] name not found in generator in eval()

[Frank Henigman]

New submission from Frank Henigman <fjhenigman at cgl.uwaterloo.ca>:

# works
>>> eval( "sum( [ a[0]=='a' for j in 'a' ] )", {}, dict(a='a'))
# take out the square brackets
>>> eval( "sum(   a[0]=='a' for j in 'a'   )", {}, dict(a='a'))
NameError: global name 'a' is not defined

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 80469
nosy: fjhpy
severity: normal
status: open
title: name not found in generator in eval()
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6

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