Victor Stinner <victor.stinner <at> gmail.com> writes: > > Hi, > > I changed the Python compiler to ignore any kind "constant > expressions", whereas it only ignored strings and integers before: > http://bugs.python.org/issue26204 > > The compiler now also emits a SyntaxWarning on such case. IMHO the > warning can help to detect bugs for developers who just learnt Python. > > The warning is *not* emited for strings, since triple quoted strings > are a common syntax for multiline comments. > > The warning is *not* emited neither for ellispis (...) since "f(): > ..." is a legit syntax for abstract function. >
I frequently use 1/0 as a quick break in a script or a program (it's even more useful with post-mortem debugging). Would it be considered as a constant and ignored instead of raising a ZeroDivisionError ? Joseph _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
