don't identify the toplevel namespace by name #9997
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_scope.py b/Lib/test/test_scope.py
index 0e5a8e9..390e39f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_scope.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_scope.py
@@ -705,6 +705,14 @@
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)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 80aa50f..01a2442 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
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.
diff --git a/Python/symtable.c b/Python/symtable.c
index f75b9c9..4a6c523 100644
--- a/Python/symtable.c
+++ b/Python/symtable.c
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@
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,