bpo-36052: Raise a SyntaxError when assigning a value to __debug__ with := (GH-11958)
Trying to assign a value to __debug__ using the assignment operator is supposed to fail, but
a missing check for forbidden names when setting the context in the ast was preventing this behaviour.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
index ce1de4b..a0f487d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
Traceback (most recent call last):
SyntaxError: cannot assign to __debug__
+>>> (__debug__ := 1)
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+SyntaxError: cannot assign to __debug__
+
>>> f() = 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
SyntaxError: cannot assign to function call
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-02-20-17-57-31.bpo-36052.l8lJSi.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-02-20-17-57-31.bpo-36052.l8lJSi.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d20948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-02-20-17-57-31.bpo-36052.l8lJSi.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Raise a :exc:`SyntaxError` when assigning a value to `__debug__` with the
+Assignment Operator. Contributed by Stéphane Wirtel and Pablo Galindo.
diff --git a/Python/ast.c b/Python/ast.c
index e721ac1..62ff868 100644
--- a/Python/ast.c
+++ b/Python/ast.c
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@
return 0;
break;
case Name_kind:
- if (ctx == Store) {
+ if (ctx == Store || ctx == NamedStore) {
if (forbidden_name(c, e->v.Name.id, n, 0))
return 0; /* forbidden_name() calls ast_error() */
}