/** * @name Modification of dictionary returned by locals() * @description Modifications of the dictionary returned by locals() are not propagated to the local variables of a function. * @kind problem * @tags reliability * correctness * @problem.severity warning * @sub-severity low * @precision very-high * @id py/modification-of-locals */ import python Object aFunctionLocalsObject() { exists(Call c, Name n, GlobalVariable v | c = result.getOrigin() and n = c.getFunc() and n.getVariable() = v and v.getId() = "locals" and c.getScope() instanceof FastLocalsFunction ) } predicate modification_of_locals(ControlFlowNode f) { f.(SubscriptNode).getValue().refersTo(aFunctionLocalsObject()) and (f.isStore() or f.isDelete()) or exists(string mname, AttrNode attr | attr = f.(CallNode).getFunction() and attr.getObject(mname).refersTo(aFunctionLocalsObject(), _) | mname = "pop" or mname = "popitem" or mname = "update" or mname = "clear" ) } from AstNode a, ControlFlowNode f where modification_of_locals(f) and a = f.getNode() select a, "Modification of the locals() dictionary will have no effect on the local variables."