Clean up exec and globals
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| result = {} | ||
| exec(s, globals(), result) | ||
| return result["fn"] | ||
| except SyntaxError: |
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Note, since the string above only defines a function, I can't see how this could fail in a way other than a syntax error.
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PS, this file could be written in a way that doesn't use exec with some lambdas, but as it seemed that this was done for speed, I'm not sure if I should change that without having any benchmarks available. So I wonder if there are any benchmarks for this bit of code?
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Two examples of undefined variables that happened because globals() modifications set them, instead of passing them as parameters.
| result = {} | ||
| exec(s, globals(), result) | ||
| return result["fn"] | ||
| except SyntaxError: |
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Wrong format strings produce TypeErrors:
>>> '' % 'a'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<python-input-0>", line 1, in <module>
'' % 'a'
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TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting
>>> '%x' % 'a'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<python-input-1>", line 1, in <module>
'%x' % 'a'
~~~~~^~~~~
TypeError: %x format: an integer is required, not str
>>> '%s %s' % 'a'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<python-input-2>", line 1, in <module>
'%s %s' % 'a'
~~~~~~~~^~~~~
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Format strings are only evaluated on the line defining s earlier, or within fn itself, but not at the outer level at which the exec is run.
All the examples you've given pass when wrapped in def fn():.
Note, fn is not called here, but cached for use in the callers of this function.
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Applied all changes to the individual files in my Fedora 41 install. Seems to work! |
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Please, merge this pull request. When you update to Python 3.13, you'll get ugly errors everywhere. This is a critical patch, not just a code quality enhancement. |
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@Nick-Hall, this is a bug fix for Python 3.13, and some nice cleanup. |
Especially in the latter case of the `Verify` plugin, this exposed that some methods were missing parameters.
As of PEP558, `locals()` is not populated by `exec()`. This change means that this call is broken on Python 3.13.
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Rebased onto the gramps52 branch. |
Using
execandglobalscan sometimes obscure what code is doing.The last commit also fixes bug #13347.