[New-bugs-announce] [issue40246] Different error messages for same error - invalid string prefixes

[Lysandros Nikolaou]

New submission from Lysandros Nikolaou <lisandrosnik at gmail.com>:

While testing pegen, we found this out:

Python 3.9.0a5+ (heads/pegen:502dfb719e, Apr 10 2020, 20:57:05) 
[GCC 9.2.1 20191008] on linux
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>>> fur''
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    fur''
       ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> eval("fur''")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<string>", line 1
    fur''
       ^
SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 366143
nosy: lys.nikolaou
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Different error messages for same error - invalid string prefixes
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.9

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