Variable not defined in unreachable code with semantic highlighting on

[karthiknadig]

Environment data

• Language Server version: 2020.9.5
• OS and version: Windows
• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.9

Expected behaviour

Should not be showing squiggles on expected.

Actual behaviour

Logs

XXX

Code Snippet / Additional information

def repro(self):
    expected = "hello"
    if sys.version_info < (3,):
        print(expected)

[karthiknadig]

Disabling sematic highlighting gets rid of the squiggle:

[huguesv]

I've implemented a fix, and it will be in the next release of Pylance.

[jakebailey]

This issue has been fixed in version 2020.9.7, which we've just released. You can find the changelog here: https://github.com/microsoft/pylance-release/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#202097-30-september-2020