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Title: traceback.format_exception_only() misplaces the caret for certain SyntaxErrors
Type: behavior Stage:
Components: Library (Lib) Versions:
process
Status: closed Resolution: accepted
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: brodie, exarkun, georg.brandl
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2008-08-26 02:30 by brodie, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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File name Uploaded Description Edit
traceback-caret.patch brodie, 2008-08-26 02:30
Messages (4)
msg71967 - (view) Author: Brodie Rao (brodie) Date: 2008-08-26 02:30
>> +
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    +
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> import sys
>>> import traceback
>>> traceback.print_exception(sys.last_type, sys.last_value, None)
  File "<stdin>", line 1
     +
     
^
 SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> sys.last_value
SyntaxError('invalid syntax', ('<stdin>', 1, 2, '+\n'))

print_error_text() effectively ignores trailing newlines when placing 
the caret, while traceback.format_exception_only() does not. For certain 
syntax errors the offset reported is sometimes at the newline, as in the 
case of a line of code that ends just with a plus sign (and in other 
similar cases).

I'm attaching a patch for trunk that fixes this issue. I know it also 
affects Python 2.5, and I'm sure it affects versions prior. I don't know 
about Python 3.0.
msg88870 - (view) Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) * (Python committer) Date: 2009-06-04 09:15
Thanks, committed as r73206.
msg88884 - (view) Author: Jean-Paul Calderone (exarkun) * (Python committer) Date: 2009-06-04 12:18
Any plans for a unit test for this change?
msg88893 - (view) Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) * (Python committer) Date: 2009-06-04 19:00
Good point. Added a test in r73232.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:38adminsetgithub: 47934
2009-06-04 19:00:13georg.brandlsetmessages: + msg88893
2009-06-04 12:18:09exarkunsetnosy: + exarkun
messages: + msg88884
2009-06-04 09:15:25georg.brandlsetstatus: open -> closed

nosy: + georg.brandl
messages: + msg88870

resolution: accepted
2008-08-26 02:30:25brodiecreate