[3.13] gh-124871: fix 'visited' tracking in compiler's reachability analysis (GH-124952)

Lib/test/test_compile.py

@@ -476,6 +476,19 @@ def test_dead_code_with_except_handler_compiles(self):
                     x = 2
                """), '<eval>', 'exec')
 
+    def test_try_except_in_while_with_chained_condition_compiles(self):
+        # see gh-124871
+        compile(textwrap.dedent("""
+            name_1, name_2, name_3 = 1, 2, 3
+            while name_3 <= name_2 > name_1:
+                try:
+                    raise
+                except:
+                    pass
+                finally:
+                    pass
+            """), '<eval>', 'exec')
+
     def test_compile_invalid_namedexpr(self):
         # gh-109351
         m = ast.Module(

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-10-03-22-26-39.gh-issue-124871.tAMF47.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix compiler bug (in some versions of 3.13) where an assertion fails during reachability
+analysis.

Python/flowgraph.c

@@ -960,13 +960,14 @@ remove_unreachable(basicblock *entryblock) {
     basicblock **sp = stack;
     entryblock->b_predecessors = 1;
     *sp++ = entryblock;
+    entryblock->b_visited = 1;
     while (sp > stack) {
         basicblock *b = *(--sp);
-        b->b_visited = 1;
         if (b->b_next && BB_HAS_FALLTHROUGH(b)) {
             if (!b->b_next->b_visited) {
                 assert(b->b_next->b_predecessors == 0);
                 *sp++ = b->b_next;
+                b->b_next->b_visited = 1;
             }
             b->b_next->b_predecessors++;
         }
@@ -976,8 +977,8 @@ remove_unreachable(basicblock *entryblock) {
             if (is_jump(instr) || is_block_push(instr)) {
                 target = instr->i_target;
                 if (!target->b_visited) {
-                    assert(target->b_predecessors == 0 || target == b->b_next);
                     *sp++ = target;
+                    target->b_visited = 1;
                 }
                 target->b_predecessors++;
             }