Yes, I agree that the patch was wrong in that it shouldn't optimize NAME/GLOBAL. I was unaware of those semantics when I wrote it. However that doesn't apply to

Yes, I agree that the patch was wrong in that it shouldn't optimize NAME/GLOBAL. I was unaware of those semantics when I wrote it. However that doesn't apply to FAST, the most common LOAD/STORE ops. The other reasons are why the patch wouldn't be accepted if it were fixed Also, just want to also say Python reviewers are great. They're very good at explaining issues with patches & are willing to collaborate on improving a patch when necessary. There's a long list of backlog issues because there is simply not enough review to go around, not because of a lack of quality. Highly recommend CPython to people who want to get involved in contributing to an open source project, even just testing patches helps