Index: Lib/test/test_parser.py
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--- Lib/test/test_parser.py	(revision 82395)
+++ Lib/test/test_parser.py	(working copy)
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@
         self.check_suite("try: pass\nexcept: pass\nelse: pass\n")
         self.check_suite("try: pass\nexcept: pass\nelse: pass\n"
                          "finally: pass\n")
+        self.check_suite("try: pass\nexcept A as e: pass\n")
 
     def test_position(self):
         # An absolutely minimal test of position information.  Better