[issue23518] Misplaced diagnostic caret for some SyntaxErrors

[Zack Weinberg]

Zack Weinberg added the comment:

In terms of the formal grammar of the language, you are correct.  However, the position of the caret should be chosen based *not* on the formal grammar, but on a heuristic estimation of what the most probable mistake actually is.  In both of the cases I listed, the most probable mistake is as I described.  Please reconsider.

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status: closed -> open

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