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Title: "from __future__ import foobar;" causes wrong SyntaxError
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Components: Interpreter Core Versions: Python 2.4
process
Status: closed Resolution: wont fix
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Assigned To: nnorwitz Nosy List: blueyed, georg.brandl, nnorwitz (3)
Priority: low Keywords

Created on 2006-08-20 02:16 by blueyed, last changed 2006-10-28 22:58 by nnorwitz.

Messages (3)
msg29571 - (view) Author: daniel hahler (blueyed) Date: 2006-08-20 02:16 
Instead of "SyntaxError: future feature foobar is not 
defined", you will get "SyntaxError: from __future__ 
imports must occur at the beginning of the file", if 
you use a semicolon at the end of the line (which is 
valid for existing future-imports of course).

Python 2.4.3 (#2, Apr 27 2006, 14:43:58)
[GCC 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)] on linux2
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>>> from __future__ import foobar;
  File "<stdin>", line 1
SyntaxError: from __future__ imports must occur at 
the beginning of the file
>>> from __future__ import generators;
>>>
msg29572 - (view) Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) Date: 2006-08-20 14:33 
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The 2.5+ AST compiler gives the correct error message.
msg29573 - (view) Author: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz) Date: 2006-10-28 22:58 
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As Georg noted, this is fixed in 2.5.  2.4 is no longer
supported.
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