John Machin wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > John Machin wrote: > > > Add "Syntax Error: invalid syntax" to the list ... > > > > But at least if you're using IDLE, the point of syntax error > > is highlighted. > > > > Same when using the interactive interpreter, the point of syntax error > is highlighted with a caret. However the highlighting of WHERE is > useless to people who don't have a clue WHAT the error is, and it needs > a forensic guru to suss it out as for example Peter Otten did, only > yesterday: > """ > Are you perhaps mixing tabs and spaces? > > >>> def f(): > > ... print "hello" # four spaces before 'print' > ... return 42 # one tab before 'return' > File "<stdin>", line 3 > return 42 > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > """
Well, more information would be better, but at least it's not as bad as Windows: Application xxx could not be started because a required file could not be found. I know the name of the file but I am not going to tell you what it is. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
