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Blocks: "change <variable> by" block causes import error

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, python

Research direction

Reproduce the linked example in the editor and inspect the generated Python for the import and change-variable expression. Trace the block's code-generation path; the issue is done when the example imports successfully on the device and the generated code no longer produces the reported confusing expression.

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Description

bug

The 'change variable by' block causes the following import statement to be emitted:
from numbers import Number

Which in turn causes an ImportError on the device.

It also generates rather confusing code:

count = (count if isinstance(count, Number) else 0) + -1

See the following program as an example of failure:
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Dominant language
JavaScript
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Forks
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