[New-bugs-announce] [issue24957] python3 -mpdb gets stuck in an unexitable infinite prompt loop when running some Python 2 code with syntax errors

[Shlomi Fish]

New submission from Shlomi Fish:

I tried Ctrl+C, Ctrl+D, "quit" and "exit", and "q" - nothing exits from the infinite prompt loop.

shlomif at telaviv1:~/Docs/homepage/homepage/trunk$ cd /home/shlomif/progs/riddles/project-euler/hg/project-euler/234
shlomif at telaviv1:~/progs/riddles/project-euler/hg/project-euler/234$ ls
brute-force.pl   euler-234-description.txt   euler-234-v1.py
brute-force.pl~  euler-234-description.txt~  euler-234-v1.py~
shlomif at telaviv1:~/progs/riddles/project-euler/hg/project-euler/234$ python3 euler-234-v1.py 
  File "euler-234-v1.py", line 21
    print "Found[] = ", n
                     ^
SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'
shlomif at telaviv1:~/progs/riddles/project-euler/hg/project-euler/234$ python3 -mpdb euler-234-v1.py 1000
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/pdb.py", line 1661, in main
    pdb._runscript(mainpyfile)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/pdb.py", line 1542, in _runscript
    self.run(statement)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/bdb.py", line 431, in run
    exec(cmd, globals, locals)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/shlomif/progs/riddles/project-euler/hg/project-euler/234/euler-234-v1.py", line 21
    print "Found[] = ", n
                     ^
SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'
Uncaught exception. Entering post mortem debugging
Running 'cont' or 'step' will restart the program
> <string>(1)<module>()
(Pdb) 
(Pdb) exit
Post mortem debugger finished. The euler-234-v1.py will be restarted
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/pdb.py", line 1661, in main
    pdb._runscript(mainpyfile)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/pdb.py", line 1542, in _runscript
    self.run(statement)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/bdb.py", line 431, in run
    exec(cmd, globals, locals)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/shlomif/progs/riddles/project-euler/hg/project-euler/234/euler-234-v1.py", line 21                                                                
    print "Found[] = ", n                                                       
                     ^                                                          
SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'                             
Uncaught exception. Entering post mortem debugging                              
Running 'cont' or 'step' will restart the program                               
> <string>(1)<module>()                                                         
(Pdb) quit                                                                      
Post mortem debugger finished. The euler-234-v1.py will be restarted            
Traceback (most recent call last):                                              
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/pdb.py", line 1661, in main                        
    pdb._runscript(mainpyfile)                                                  
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/pdb.py", line 1542, in _runscript                  
    self.run(statement)                                                         
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/bdb.py", line 431, in run                          
    exec(cmd, globals, locals)                                                  
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>                                          
  File "/home/shlomif/progs/riddles/project-euler/hg/project-euler/234/euler-234-v1.py", line 21
    print "Found[] = ", n
                     ^
SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'
Uncaught exception. Entering post mortem debugging
Running 'cont' or 'step' will restart the program
> <string>(1)<module>()
(Pdb) 
Post mortem debugger finished. The euler-234-v1.py will be restarted
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/pdb.py", line 1661, in main
    pdb._runscript(mainpyfile)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/pdb.py", line 1542, in _runscript
    self.run(statement)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/bdb.py", line 431, in run
    exec(cmd, globals, locals)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/shlomif/progs/riddles/project-euler/hg/project-euler/234/euler-234-v1.py", line 21
    print "Found[] = ", n
                     ^
SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'
Uncaught exception. Entering post mortem debugging
Running 'cont' or 'step' will restart the program
> <string>(1)<module>()
(Pdb) --KeyboardInterrupt--
(Pdb) --KeyboardInterrupt--
(Pdb) exit
Post mortem debugger finished. The euler-234-v1.py will be restarted
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/pdb.py", line 1661, in main
    pdb._runscript(mainpyfile)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/pdb.py", line 1542, in _runscript
    self.run(statement)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/bdb.py", line 431, in run
    exec(cmd, globals, locals)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/shlomif/progs/riddles/project-euler/hg/project-euler/234/euler-234-v1.py", line 21
    print "Found[] = ", n
                     ^
SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'
Uncaught exception. Entering post mortem debugging
Running 'cont' or 'step' will restart the program
> <string>(1)<module>()
(Pdb) quit
Post mortem debugger finished. The euler-234-v1.py will be restarted
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/pdb.py", line 1661, in main
    pdb._runscript(mainpyfile)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/pdb.py", line 1542, in _runscript
    self.run(statement)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/bdb.py", line 431, in run
    exec(cmd, globals, locals)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/shlomif/progs/riddles/project-euler/hg/project-euler/234/euler-234-v1.py", line 21
    print "Found[] = ", n
                     ^
SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'
Uncaught exception. Entering post mortem debugging
Running 'cont' or 'step' will restart the program
> <string>(1)<module>()
(Pdb) 
[1]+  Stopped                 python3 -mpdb euler-234-v1.py 1000
shlomif at telaviv1:~/progs/riddles/project-euler/hg/project-euler/234$ kill %1

[1]+  Stopped                 python3 -mpdb euler-234-v1.py 1000
shlomif at telaviv1:~/progs/riddles/project-euler/hg/project-euler/234$ 
[1]+  Terminated              python3 -mpdb euler-234-v1.py 1000
shlomif at telaviv1:~/progs/riddles/project-euler/hg/project-euler/234$ 
shlomif at telaviv1:~/progs/riddles/project-euler/hg/project-euler/234$ 
shlomif at telaviv1:~/progs/riddles/project-euler/hg/project-euler/234$ jobs
shlomif at telaviv1:~/progs/riddles/project-euler/hg/project-euler/234$

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components: Library (Lib)
files: euler-234-v1.py
messages: 249319
nosy: shlomif
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: python3 -mpdb gets stuck in an unexitable infinite prompt loop when running some Python 2 code with syntax errors
versions: Python 3.4
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file40292/euler-234-v1.py

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