[Python-Dev] funcdef grammar production

[Greg Ewing]

Michael Hudson <mwh at python.net>:

> Um, you do realise that this BNF is purely documentational?  The real
> one is Grammar/Grammar in the source distribution, and lots of things
> that you might expect to happen there actually happen inside the
> compiler.

And even if something *could* be done in the parser, it
might be desirable to leave it to the compiler if it can
produce a more helpful error message.

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