[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-416034 ] Confusing error message for top global

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Bugs item #416034, was updated on 2001-04-13 15:21
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Category: Parser/Compiler
Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 7
Submitted By: Paul Prescod (prescod)
Assigned to: Jeremy Hylton (jhylton)
Summary: Confusing error message for top global

Initial Comment:
Call this test.py:

abc = 5
global abc
abc = 6

It is probably illegal to have a global at the top-
level but the error message prdocued is:

SyntaxWarning: name 'abc' is assigned to before global 
declaration

That's technically true but the real problm is that 
global statements should not be allowed outside of 
functions.


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