[Python-Dev] Better SyntaxError messages
Ka-Ping Yee
ping@lfw.org
Thu, 6 Jul 2000 10:30:05 -0700 (PDT)
On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Greg Ward wrote:
> > SyntaxError: expected indent
> > SyntaxError: expected unindent
The "expected indent" message seems a little abrupt to me (does
it mean there's a problem because an indent is expected, or a
problem with an indent that was expected, or a problem because
an expected indent isn't there?) so i have changed it to
SyntaxError: expected an indented block
The latter case, "expected unindent", never occurs -- it is
always okay to continue an indented block, so a DEDENT is never
absolutely required.
The rest of the messages now say "unindent" instead of "dedent".
I've updated the patch.
-- ?!ng
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