[Python-Dev] 'compile' error message

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 04:25:35PM +0200, Thomas Heller wrote:
> Python 2.3a0 (#29, Jun  5 2002, 13:09:10) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> compile("1+*3", "myfile.py", "exec")
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "<string>", line 1
>     1+*3
>       ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> >>>
> 
> Shouldn't it print "myfile.py" instead of "<string>"?

   I think it shoud. Just yesterday I stuck on this bug. Pleas file a bug
report.

PS. Tomorrow I'll publish the code that uses "compile", whatch c.l.py :)

Oleg.
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