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Title: Parenthesized expression has incorrect line numbers
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Interpreter Core Versions: Python 3.8
process
Status: closed Resolution: duplicate
Dependencies: Superseder: Tracebacks should contain the first line of continuation lines
View: 12458
Assigned To: serhiy.storchaka Nosy List: Arusekk, ammar2, serhiy.storchaka
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2018-08-10 15:02 by Arusekk, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg323371 - (view) Author: (Arusekk) * Date: 2018-08-10 15:02
If this is a duplicate, please excuse me.

In particular, the most noticeable inaccuracy happens when the postfix if-else expression is involved. Maybe there are more of them.
The problem is quite self-explaining. The module named 'dis' will be helpful to reproduce the issue.

>>> import dis
>>> code = """(
... [
...     call1(),
...     call2()
... ]
... + call3()
... * call4()
... )"""
>>> dis.dis(code)
  3           0 LOAD_NAME                0 (call1)
              3 CALL_FUNCTION            0 (0 positional, 0 keyword pair)

  4           6 LOAD_NAME                1 (call2)
              9 CALL_FUNCTION            0 (0 positional, 0 keyword pair)
             12 BUILD_LIST               2

  6          15 LOAD_NAME                2 (call3)
             18 CALL_FUNCTION            0 (0 positional, 0 keyword pair)

  7          21 LOAD_NAME                3 (call4)
             24 CALL_FUNCTION            0 (0 positional, 0 keyword pair)
             27 BINARY_MULTIPLY
             28 BINARY_ADD
             29 RETURN_VALUE
>>> dis.dis(code.replace("+", "if").replace("*", "else"))
  6           0 LOAD_NAME                0 (call3)
              3 CALL_FUNCTION            0 (0 positional, 0 keyword pair)
              6 POP_JUMP_IF_FALSE       25
              9 LOAD_NAME                1 (call1)
             12 CALL_FUNCTION            0 (0 positional, 0 keyword pair)
             15 LOAD_NAME                2 (call2)
             18 CALL_FUNCTION            0 (0 positional, 0 keyword pair)
             21 BUILD_LIST               2
             24 RETURN_VALUE

  7     >>   25 LOAD_NAME                3 (call4)
             28 CALL_FUNCTION            0 (0 positional, 0 keyword pair)
             31 RETURN_VALUE

I used this code to show the difference between if-else and some arithmetics.

AFAICT the feature is possible to implement, as lnotab can contain negative line differences.

I don't know whether it is just a bug or a fully intended feature, but it would be quite an enhancement to have better line number tracking, useful for debugging.

If this is implemented, it may be worth further backporting.

Possible reasons in the upstream Python/compile.c (using < instead of !=):

https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/077059e0f086cf8c8b7fb9d1f053e38ddc743f59/Python/compile.c#L4092

https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/077059e0f086cf8c8b7fb9d1f053e38ddc743f59/Python/compile.c#L4438
msg323556 - (view) Author: Ammar Askar (ammar2) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-08-15 07:45
Note that even just adding an extra arithmetic in your first expression breaks the line numbers:

>>> code = """(                                    
... [                                              
...   call1(),                                     
...   call2()                                      
... ]                                              
... + call3()                                      
... * call4()                                      
... + call5()                                      
... )"""                                           
>>> dis.dis(code)                                  
  8           0 LOAD_NAME                0 (call1) 
              2 CALL_FUNCTION            0         
              4 LOAD_NAME                1 (call2) 
              6 CALL_FUNCTION            0         
              8 BUILD_LIST               2         
             10 LOAD_NAME                2 (call3) 
             12 CALL_FUNCTION            0         
             14 LOAD_NAME                3 (call4) 
             16 CALL_FUNCTION            0         
             18 BINARY_MULTIPLY                    
             20 BINARY_ADD                         
             22 LOAD_NAME                4 (call5) 
             24 CALL_FUNCTION            0         
             26 BINARY_ADD                         
             28 RETURN_VALUE                       

The closest existing bug to this would be issue 12458, specifically with Serhiy's last comment.
msg323577 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-08-15 18:00
If the proposed solution for issue12458 be merged, this issue will be closed as a duplicate. Otherwise I have a simpler solution for this particular case (and few other cases, but not all cases in issue12458).
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:04adminsetgithub: 78553
2018-09-24 16:39:23serhiy.storchakasetstatus: open -> closed
superseder: Tracebacks should contain the first line of continuation lines
stage: resolved
resolution: duplicate
versions: - Python 3.7
2018-08-15 18:00:44serhiy.storchakasetmessages: + msg323577
2018-08-15 10:45:03serhiy.storchakasetassignee: serhiy.storchaka

nosy: + serhiy.storchaka
2018-08-15 07:49:02ammar2settitle: Compiler could output more accurate line numbers -> Parenthesized expression has incorrect line numbers
2018-08-15 07:45:04ammar2setnosy: + ammar2
messages: + msg323556
2018-08-10 15:02:24Arusekkcreate