[issue11302] Add more tests to test_ast.py

[Éric Araujo]

Éric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org> added the comment:

> I think pypy wants to be as compliant as possible with cpython, and
> IMHO that include exception msgs as far as possible. I don't see any
> reason to be different just for the sake of it.
>
> As a user I'd find strange not to get same exc msgs from different
> implementations, and it'll make me loose some time digging why those
> difference exist...

The language reference purposefully makes no guarantee about the error messages, and in some cases about exception types too (AttributeError vs. TypeError), so your feeling contradict Python’s rules.

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