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1) Create a py project and paste the following code block def update(self, event): context = {} exec self.execentry.text in context each = compile(self.evalentry.text, '<input>', 'eval') numbers = [0]*self.numelements for x in xrange(self.numelements): context['x'] = float(x) numbers[x] = eval(each, context) self.chart.data = numbers if self.chart.style == 'Line': self.line.setSelected(1) else: self.filled.setSelected(1) self.chart.repaint() 2) Double click on the 'Line'(line 10) code and right click and select rename and it will display an error message on bottom of the editor saying "cannot perform rename here" in red 3) Now double click the "each" variable in line 4 and right clik and select rename it will allow you to rename but still that error message is displayed at the bottom of the editor see the attached acreen shot. using build 62.
Created attachment 71941 [details] screen shot
Renames are still not supported in all context. We have plans to improve this and all refactoring. Closing this as old bug. No need to migrate this any where and leave it open.
Thanks for your evaluation Julien. Closing then.