[Python-Dev] Better SyntaxError messages

[Ka-Ping Yee]

On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Greg Ward wrote:
> >     SyntaxError: expected indent
> >     SyntaxError: expected unindent

The "expected indent" message seems a little abrupt to me (does
it mean there's a problem because an indent is expected, or a
problem with an indent that was expected, or a problem because
an expected indent isn't there?) so i have changed it to

    SyntaxError: expected an indented block

The latter case, "expected unindent", never occurs -- it is
always okay to continue an indented block, so a DEDENT is never
absolutely required.

The rest of the messages now say "unindent" instead of "dedent".

I've updated the patch.


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