del __debug__ should be a SyntaxError

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BPO	45000
Nosy	@aroberge, @corona10, @lysnikolaou, @pablogsal, @miss-islington
PRs	bpo-45000: Raise SyntaxError when try to delete __debug__ #27947 bpo-45000: Update whatsnews about deleting __debug__ #27956 [3.10] bpo-45000: Raise SyntaxError when try to delete __debug__ (GH-27947) #27957 [3.10] bpo-45000: Update whatsnews about deleting __debug__ (GH-27956). #27958

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labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-bug', '3.10', '3.11']
title = 'del __debug__ should be a SyntaxError'
updated_at = <Date 2021-08-26.09:52:32.699>
user = 'https://github.com/aroberge'

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versions = ['Python 3.10', 'Python 3.11']

Consider the following:

Python 3.10.0rc1  ...
>>> __debug__
True
>>> del __debug__
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name '__debug__' is not defined
>>> __debug__
True
>>> __debug__ = False
  File "<stdin>", line 1
SyntaxError: cannot assign to __debug__

I suggest that attempting to delete __debug__ should be a SyntaxError, similar to attempting to delete None and other constants.

>>> del None
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    del None
        ^^^^
SyntaxError: cannot delete None

= = =
The same NameError exception is raised for Python 3.9 when attempting to delete __debug__. For Python 3.8, attempting to delete __debug__ silently fails, so the current behaviour is at least an improvement.

New changeset 551da59 by Dong-hee Na in branch 'main':
bpo-45000: Raise SyntaxError when try to delete __debug__ (GH-27947)
551da59

New changeset c764dfb by Dong-hee Na in branch 'main':
bpo-45000: Update whatsnews about deleting __debug__ (GH-27956)
c764dfb

New changeset 6ea6cf2 by Dong-hee Na in branch '3.10':
[3.10] bpo-45000: Update whatsnews about deleting __debug__ (GH-27956) (GH-27958)
6ea6cf2

New changeset 32c1caa by Dong-hee Na in branch '3.10':
bpo-45000: Raise SyntaxError when try to delete __debug__ (GH-27947) (GH-27957)
32c1caa

[syntax-errors] Store to or delete `__debug__`

[syntax-errors] Store to or delete `__debug__` (#16984)

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aroberge commented on Aug 25, 2021

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corona10 commented on Aug 26, 2021

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pablogsal commented on Aug 26, 2021

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del debug should be a SyntaxError #89163