syntax error : first python program

[Ben Finney]

Anssi Saari <as at sci.fi> writes:

> At least here with Python 2.5.2 I get "IndentationError: unexpected
> indent". I'm just wondering why would the OP get a SyntaxError?

$ python2.4 -c ' pass'
  File "<string>", line 1
    pass
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

$ python2.5 -c ' pass'
  File "<string>", line 1
    pass
    ^
IndentationError: unexpected indent

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Ben Finney