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Author terry.reedy
Recipients alonho, terry.reedy
Date 2013-09-28.21:11:38
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Currently,
>>> * 2 # or * a
SyntaxError: can use starred expression only as assignment target
This conflicts with your desired message. It cannot change because *a, at least, is a valid statement prefix in a way that '/ a' is not.

Most other things give an uninformative generic 'invalid syntax' message (plus a more informative location indicator). If you can find a way to improve this, lots of people would be happy ;-).
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