[Python-Dev] Is it intentional that "sys.__debug__ = 1" is illegal in Python 2.7?

[Benjamin Peterson]

2010/7/30 Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org>:
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> It looks like Benjamin's change in r67171 was the relevant diff.

The reason behind this was to make __debug__ assignment consistent
with that of other reserved names. For example, x.None = 3 raised and
thus, so should x.__debug__ = 3.



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Regards,
Benjamin