Commit 230b2068 authored by Benjamin Peterson's avatar Benjamin Peterson

don't identify the toplevel namespace by name #9997

parent 294a9fcb
......@@ -705,6 +705,14 @@ class ScopeTests(unittest.TestCase):
h = g()
self.assertEqual(h(), 3)
def testTopIsNotSignificant(self):
# See #9997.
def top(a):
pass
def b():
global a
def test_main():
run_unittest(ScopeTests)
......
......@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ What's New in Python 3.2 Beta 1?
Core and Builtins
-----------------
- Issue #9997: Don't let the name "top" have special significance in scope
resolution.
- Issue #9862: Compensate for broken PIPE_BUF in AIX by hard coding
its value as the default 512 when compiling on AIX.
......
......@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ symtable_enter_block(struct symtable *st, identifier name, _Py_block_ty block,
st->st_cur = ste_new(st, name, block, ast, lineno, col_offset);
if (st->st_cur == NULL)
return 0;
if (name == GET_IDENTIFIER(top))
if (block == ModuleBlock)
st->st_global = st->st_cur->ste_symbols;
if (prev) {
if (PyList_Append(prev->ste_children,
......
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