Warn against reusing exception names after the except: block on Python 3

Author: ambv

pyflakes/checker.py

@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def getNodeName(node):
     # Returns node.id, or node.name, or None
     if hasattr(node, 'id'):     # One of the many nodes with an id
         return node.id
-    if hasattr(node, 'name'):   # a ExceptHandler node
+    if hasattr(node, 'name'):   # an ExceptHandler node
         return node.name
 
 
@@ -1095,8 +1095,29 @@ def TRY(self, node):
     TRYEXCEPT = TRY
 
     def EXCEPTHANDLER(self, node):
-        # 3.x: in addition to handling children, we must handle the name of
-        # the exception, which is not a Name node, but a simple string.
-        if isinstance(node.name, str):
-            self.handleNodeStore(node)
+        if PY2 or node.name is None:
+            self.handleChildren(node)
+            return
+
+        # 3.x: the name of the exception, which is not a Name node, but
+        # a simple string, creates a local that is only bound within the scope
+        # of the except: block.
+
+        for scope in self.scopeStack[::-1]:
+            if node.name in scope:
+                is_name_previously_defined = True
+                break
+        else:
+            is_name_previously_defined = False
+
+        self.handleNodeStore(node)
         self.handleChildren(node)
+        if not is_name_previously_defined:
+            # See discussion on https://github.com/pyflakes/pyflakes/pull/59.
+
+            # We're removing the local name since it's being unbound
+            # after leaving the except: block and it's always unbound
+            # if the except: block is never entered. This will cause an
+            # "undefined name" error raised if the checked code tries to
+            # use the name afterwards.
+            del self.scope[node.name]

pyflakes/test/test_undefined_names.py

@@ -22,6 +22,158 @@ def test_undefinedInListComp(self):
         ''',
                     m.UndefinedName)
 
+    @skipIf(version_info < (3,),
+            'in Python 2 exception names stay bound after the except: block')
+    def test_undefinedExceptionName(self):
+        """Exception names can't be used after the except: block."""
+        self.flakes('''
+        try:
+            raise ValueError('ve')
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            pass
+        exc
+        ''',
+                    m.UndefinedName)
+
+    def test_namesDeclaredInExceptBlocks(self):
+        """Locals declared in except: blocks can be used after the block.
+
+        This shows the example in test_undefinedExceptionName is
+        different."""
+        self.flakes('''
+        try:
+            raise ValueError('ve')
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            e = exc
+        e
+        ''')
+
+    @skip('error reporting disabled due to false positives below')
+    def test_undefinedExceptionNameObscuringLocalVariable(self):
+        """Exception names obscure locals, can't be used after.
+
+        Last line will raise UnboundLocalError on Python 3 after exiting
+        the except: block. Note next two examples for false positives to
+        watch out for."""
+        self.flakes('''
+        exc = 'Original value'
+        try:
+            raise ValueError('ve')
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            pass
+        exc
+        ''',
+                    m.UndefinedName)
+
+    def test_undefinedExceptionNameObscuringLocalVariableFalsePositive1(self):
+        """Exception names obscure locals, can't be used after. Unless.
+
+        Last line will never raise UnboundLocalError because it's only
+        entered if no exception was raised."""
+        self.flakes('''
+        exc = 'Original value'
+        try:
+            raise ValueError('ve')
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            print('exception logged')
+            raise
+        exc
+        ''')
+
+    def test_undefinedExceptionNameObscuringLocalVariableFalsePositive2(self):
+        """Exception names obscure locals, can't be used after. Unless.
+
+        Last line will never raise UnboundLocalError because `error` is
+        only falsy if the `except:` block has not been entered."""
+        self.flakes('''
+        exc = 'Original value'
+        error = None
+        try:
+            raise ValueError('ve')
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            error = 'exception logged'
+        if error:
+            print(error)
+        else:
+            exc
+        ''')
+
+    @skip('error reporting disabled due to false positives below')
+    def test_undefinedExceptionNameObscuringGlobalVariable(self):
+        """Exception names obscure globals, can't be used after.
+
+        Last line will raise UnboundLocalError on both Python 2 and
+        Python 3 because the existence of that exception name creates
+        a local scope placeholder for it, obscuring any globals, etc."""
+        self.flakes('''
+        exc = 'Original value'
+        def func():
+            try:
+                pass  # nothing is raised
+            except ValueError as exc:
+                pass  # block never entered, exc stays unbound
+            exc
+        ''',
+                    m.UndefinedLocal)
+
+    @skip('error reporting disabled due to false positives below')
+    def test_undefinedExceptionNameObscuringGlobalVariable2(self):
+        """Exception names obscure globals, can't be used after.
+
+        Last line will raise NameError on Python 3 because the name is
+        locally unbound after the `except:` block, even if it's
+        nonlocal. We should issue an error in this case because code
+        only working correctly if an exception isn't raised, is invalid.
+        Unless it's explicitly silenced, see false positives below."""
+        self.flakes('''
+        exc = 'Original value'
+        def func():
+            global exc
+            try:
+                raise ValueError('ve')
+            except ValueError as exc:
+                pass  # block never entered, exc stays unbound
+            exc
+        ''',
+                    m.UndefinedLocal)
+
+    def test_undefinedExceptionNameObscuringGlobalVariableFalsePositive1(self):
+        """Exception names obscure globals, can't be used after. Unless.
+
+        Last line will never raise NameError because it's only entered
+        if no exception was raised."""
+        self.flakes('''
+        exc = 'Original value'
+        def func():
+            global exc
+            try:
+                raise ValueError('ve')
+            except ValueError as exc:
+                print('exception logged')
+                raise
+            exc
+        ''')
+
+    def test_undefinedExceptionNameObscuringGlobalVariableFalsePositive2(self):
+        """Exception names obscure globals, can't be used after. Unless.
+
+        Last line will never raise NameError because `error` is only
+        falsy if the `except:` block has not been entered."""
+        self.flakes('''
+        exc = 'Original value'
+        def func():
+            global exc
+            error = None
+            try:
+                raise ValueError('ve')
+            except ValueError as exc:
+                error = 'exception logged'
+            if error:
+                print(error)
+            else:
+                exc
+        ''')
+
     def test_functionsNeedGlobalScope(self):
         self.flakes('''
         class a: