#4617: Previously it was illegal to delete a name from the local

namespace if it occurs as a free variable in a nested block.  This limitation
of the compiler has been lifted, and a new opcode introduced (DELETE_DEREF).

This sample was valid in 2.6, but fails to compile in 3.x without this change::

   >>> def f():
   ...     def print_error():
   ...        print(e)
   ...     try:
   ...        something
   ...     except Exception as e:
   ...        print_error()
   ...        # implicit "del e" here


This sample has always been invalid in Python, and now works::

   >>> def outer(x):
   ...     def inner():
   ...        return x
   ...     inner()
   ...     del x

There is no need to bump the PYC magic number: the new opcode is used
for code that did not compile before.

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
index f354311..cd6b9a5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
@@ -564,15 +564,6 @@ class SyntaxTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_break_outside_loop(self):
         self._check_error("break", "outside loop")
 
-    def test_delete_deref(self):
-        source = """if 1:
-            def foo(x):
-              def bar():
-                print(x)
-              del x
-            """
-        self._check_error(source, "nested scope")
-
     def test_unexpected_indent(self):
         self._check_error("foo()\n bar()\n", "unexpected indent",
                           subclass=IndentationError)