On 10/22/2016 3:16 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
I would be happy to see improved error messages for smart quotes:
py> s = ‘abcd’
File "<stdin>", line 1
s = ‘abcd’
^
SyntaxError: invalid character in identifier
The above *is* the improved (and regressed) 3.6 version ;-)
In 3.5.2 (on Windows):
>>> s = ‘abcd’
File "<stdin>", line 1
s = `abcd'
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
(Mangling of the echoed code line is Windows specific.) The improvement
is the more specific error message. The regression is the placement of
the caret at the end instead of under the initial '‘'. To verify that
Python is not actually pointing at '’', remove it.
>>> s = ‘abcd
File "<stdin>", line 1
s = ‘abcd
^
SyntaxError: invalid character in identifier
(recent 3.6 changes in encodings used on Windows removes code mangling
in this echoed line.)
(especially in IDLE),
What do you have in mind? Patches would be considered. I will continue
this in response to Nick's post about 9 hours ago.
--
Terry Jan Reedy
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