Are you sure you don't get an error? I get a dialog box that pops up containing exactly the same error message you get from the console.
Alan G. ----- Original Message ----- From: "CPIM Ronin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [Tutor] Windows IDLE error msgs? > Alan, > > I just typed in the following code in IDLE (runing under Windows XP): > > a = 1 > b = 2 > if (a == b)): print "ok" > > And then hit F5 to save and run. It very properly highlights the second > ")" before the colon, but does NOT give an accompanying error msg. In this > case, the error is deliberate and obvious--mismatched ")". > > Keying in the very same code using the command line: >>>>a = 1 >>>>b = 2 >>>>if (a == b)): print "ok" > File "<stdin>", line 1 > if (a == b)): print "ok" > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > As you can see, I get an explicit "SyntacError: invalid syntax" error > message, when using command line, but not using IDLE. My question is, how > do I get IDLE to give me the same explicit error message as the command > line? > > Thanks. > > RC > > >>From: "Alan Gauld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "CPIM Ronin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<tutor@python.org> >>CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: [Tutor] Windows IDLE error msgs? >>Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:48:48 -0000 >> >>>syntax check and generates an execution error. However, if I have a >>>syntax error that's caught in the initial syntax checking phase, IDLE >>>merely goes to the particular line and highlights the line where the >>>error was detected. >> >>Can you be more specific? Maybe include some short code that demonstrates >>the symptom. I'm not sure I've seen that - but then I rarely use IDLE >>nowadays. >> >>Alan G. >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
