[New-bugs-announce] [issue8130] except-as in Py3 eats variables

[Stefan Behnel]

New submission from Stefan Behnel <scoder at users.sourceforge.net>:

Python 3.2a0 (py3k:78205M, Feb 16 2010, 17:32:08)
[GCC 4.4.1] on linux2
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>>> e = None
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>>> e
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>>> try: raise ValueError
... except ValueError as e: pass
...
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>>> e
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'e' is not defined
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Same for 3.1.1. Note how the refcount is going down after the try-except.

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 100993
nosy: scoder
severity: normal
status: open
title: except-as in Py3 eats variables
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.1, Python 3.2

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