[Python-Dev] Issue #26204: compiler now emits a SyntaxWarning on constant statement

[Guido van Rossum]

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com> wrote:
> I changed the Python compiler to ignore any kind "constant
> expressions", whereas it only ignored strings and integers before:
> http://bugs.python.org/issue26204
>
> The compiler now also emits a SyntaxWarning on such case. IMHO the
> warning can help to detect bugs for developers who just learnt Python.

Hum. I'm not excited by this idea. It is not bad syntax. Have you
actually seen newbies who were confused by such things?

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