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cannot delete list directly del [x] #3878
Description
Feature
In CPython, they can delete a list in following manner
>>> x = 1
>>> del [x]But, in RustPython we cannot.
>>> del [x]
SyntaxError: cannot delete list at line 1 column 1
del [x]
^Related test is in Lib/test/test_syntax.py.
def test_assign_del(self):
# ...
self._check_error("del [*x,]", "cannot delete starred") # Not "cannot delete list"Python Documentation
Cannot find documentation exactly related this difference.
Reacted by Snowapril
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[-]cannot delete 'list'[/-][+]cannot delete list `del [x]`[/+]key262yek commentedon Jul 14, 2022
related to #3879
[-]cannot delete list `del [x]`[/-][+]cannot delete list directly `del [x]`[/+]key262yek commentedon Jul 14, 2022
I add match to List in compile_delete() in file compile/src/compile.rs
pr #3879 includes the code changes.
key262yek commentedon Jul 20, 2022
It is resolved by pr #3879