Strange problem when running python code

[John Salerno]

ishtar2020 wrote:
> Hi everybody
> 
> I've been writing my very first application in Python and everything is
> running smoothly, except for a strange problem that pops up every once
> in a while. I'm sure is the kind
> of newbie thing every seasoned programmer knows.
> 
> Sometimes a receive strange Syntax Errors from parts of code that
> worked perfectly minutes ago. What's even more puzzling is that those
> errors are pointed to another part of the module when I do some random,
> innofensive changes in the code (like inserting a line or deleting some
> comments). Sometimes those changes are enough to make the error
> dissapear.
> 
> Could it be that python has found a real error but is failing to tell
> me where it is?
> 

I recently had quite a hassle with an indentation problem, so you might 
want to check on your whitespace.