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Detect and fix invaid names.

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python

Research direction

Start by reading the bytecode-validation goal in this issue, then review the discussion in python-uncompyle6#320 and the related python-xdis#59 issue for the intended meaning of invalid names. Done means identifying invalid names reliably and fixing the relevant validation behavior, with coverage for the discovered cases.

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Description

Part of a more general things to validate bytecode.

Some discussion is in https://github.com/rocky/python-uncompyle6/issues/320
See also rocky/python-xdis#59

Dominant language
Python
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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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