[Python-checkins] r76230 - in python/trunk: Doc/library/functions.rst Lib/test/test_codeop.py Lib/test/test_compile.py Lib/test/test_parser.py Misc/NEWS Parser/parsetok.c Parser/tokenizer.c Parser/tokenizer.h

[Georg Brandl]

benjamin.peterson schrieb:

> Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/functions.rst
> ==============================================================================
> --- python/trunk/Doc/library/functions.rst	(original)
> +++ python/trunk/Doc/library/functions.rst	Fri Nov 13 00:39:44 2009
> @@ -173,11 +173,10 @@
>  
>     .. note::
>  
> -      When compiling a string with multi-line statements, line endings must be
> -      represented by a single newline character (``'\n'``), and the input must
> -      be terminated by at least one newline character.  If line endings are
> -      represented by ``'\r\n'``, use :meth:`str.replace` to change them into
> -      ``'\n'``.
> +      When compiling a string with multi-line statements in ``'single'`` or
> +      ``'eval'`` mode, input must be terminated by at least one newline
> +      character.  This is to facilitate detection of incomplete and complete
> +      statements in the :mod:`code` module.

Multi-line statements in "eval" mode?

Georg

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