PY3.E0118

Used prior global declaration

Emitted when a name is used prior a global declaration, which results in an error since Python 3.6.

Noncompliant Code:

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MSG = 'Outside'
def foo():
    print(MSG)

    global MSG
    MSG = 'Inside'
    print(MSG)

Compliant Code:

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MSG = 'Outside'
def foo():
    global MSG
    print(MSG)

    MSG = 'Inside'
    print(MSG)

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