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Author	JNCressey
Recipients	JNCressey, terry.reedy
Date	2020-06-21.12:32:38
SpamBayes Score	-1.0
Marked as misclassified	Yes
Message-id	<1592742758.57.0.680300455155.issue41064@roundup.psfhosted.org>
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Compare f"{my_tuple}" with f"{*my_dict}". Both are syntax errors since you can't use unpacking here, but the bug is as follows: - For the tuple, IDLE highlights the asterisk and has the helpful message 'SyntaxError: can't use starred expression here', - But for the dictionary, the first few characters of your code are highlighted, regardless of where the syntax error is located, and the message only says 'SyntaxError: invalid syntax'. Bug occurs in both 3.8.3 and 3.7.7, I haven't tested it in 3.6 nor in-development versions.

Compare f"{*my_tuple}" with f"{**my_dict}".
Both are syntax errors since you can't use unpacking here, but the bug is as follows:

- For the tuple, IDLE highlights the asterisk and has the helpful message 'SyntaxError: can't use starred expression here',

- But for the dictionary, the first few characters of your code are highlighted, regardless of where the syntax error is located, and the message only says 'SyntaxError: invalid syntax'.

Bug occurs in both 3.8.3 and 3.7.7, I haven't tested it in 3.6 nor in-development versions.

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Date	User	Action	Args
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