[Python-Dev] variable name resolution in exec is incorrect

[Greg Ewing]

Mark Dickinson wrote:

>>>>code = """\
> 
> ... y = 3
> ... def f():
> ...     return y
> ... f()
> ... """
> 
>>>>exec code in {}   # works fine
>>>>exec code in {}, {}   # dies with a NameError

Seems to me the whole idea of being able to specify
separate global and local scopes for top-level code is
screwy in the first place. Are there any use cases for
it? Maybe the second scope argument to exec() should
be deprecated?

-- 
Greg