Python needs better error reporting

[Tim Peters]

>>> "Syntax Error: invalid syntax" isn't very informative, yet it's
>>> tossed out frequently. HOW is the syntax invalid?  For example:
>>>  if s == ' '

>> That is supposed to start a new block so it should be
>> if s == ' ':

> That's not the point - I know that.

Or, IOW, SyntaxError is all the clue you actually needed.  If the parser
were to tell you what *it* thinks is wrong, it would be along the lines of
"the only arcs leading out of this state are 23, 167, and 528".  Then you'd
really have a point <wink>.