[New-bugs-announce] [issue41392] Syntax error rather than run time error

[Philip R Brenan]

New submission from Philip R Brenan <philiprbrenan at gmail.com>:

a = false

# Traceback (most recent call last):
#   File "test.py", line 1, in <module>
#     a = false
# NameError: name 'false' is not defined
# Compilation finished successfully.

Please make this a syntax error rather than a run time error as the user intention is obvious and there cannot possibly be a variable called 'false' yet.

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components: Build
messages: 374252
nosy: philiprbrenan at gmail.com
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Syntax error rather than run time error
type: compile error

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