[issue45014] SyntaxError describing the error using a wrong term
Takuo Matsuoka
report at bugs.python.org
Thu Aug 26 09:40:24 EDT 2021
New submission from Takuo Matsuoka <motogeomtop at gmail.com>:
The error is this:
>>> *()
File "<stdin>", line 1
SyntaxError: can't use starred expression here
I think it's right SyntaxError is raised here, but the message is
incorrect. Indeed, many starred expressions are actually allowed
there. E.g.,
>>> *(),
()
I happen to have filed in this issue tracker the problem that the
definition of a starred expression given in the Language Reference is
incorrect.
https://bugs.python.org/issue44983
It appears all correct starred expressions and only them are allowed
at the point of the error. Thus the error appears to
be one because "*()" is not a starred expression in the correct
sense. I think the wording in the message should be corrected.
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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 400344
nosy: Takuo Matsuoka
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: SyntaxError describing the error using a wrong term
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.9
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