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

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <vstinner at python.org> added the comment:

I think that a linter can be very pedantic on such code. My concern is about backward compatibility.

The >else"#fca"< code was added 6 years ago (commit 8b95d5e0bf00d9d0098579d29fd6bb9322071879) and nobody complained, it "just worked". If we keep the SyntaxError, random projects will be broken, but I don't see much benefits for the users.

In short, I concur with Guido :-)

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