[Python-Dev] compiler bug #1042238 is blocking the 2.4b1 release

[Jiwon Seo]

Uploaded patch for the bug.
The bug was due to a wrong condition check for allowing f(x for x in
y) but rejecting f(x for x in y, 1). The patch fixes the bug alright,
but you might want to test more. =)

Jiwon.


On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:09:49 +1000, Anthony Baxter
<anthony at interlink.com.au> wrote:
> Anyone with knowledge of Lib/compiler is urged to examine
> www.python.org/sf/1042238. It's breaking on some genexprs,
> in particular in Lib/_strptime.py
> 
> The failing code, distilled down, is:
> 
> import compiler
> a="""def foo(*x): return x
> foo((a for b in [[1,2,3],[4,5,6]] for a in b),'Z')"""
> compiler.compile(a,'<string>', 'exec')
> 
> It's the combination of the genexps and the function call
> with another argument.
> 
> This bug is bad enough (IMHO) to block 2.4b1. Please,
> if you know about this, have a look at the failure.
> 
> Anthony
> 
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