REPL with multiple function definitions

[Chris Angelico]

On Mon, 27 Jun 2022 at 08:15, Rob Cliffe via Python-list
<python-list at python.org> wrote:
>
> This 2-line program
>
> def f(): pass
> def g(): pass
>
> runs silently (no Exception).  But:
>
> 23:07:02 c:\>python
> Python 3.8.3 (tags/v3.8.3:6f8c832, May 13 2020, 22:20:19) [MSC v.1925 32
> bit (Intel)] on win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>  >>> def f(): pass
> ... def g(): pass
>    File "<stdin>", line 2
>      def g(): pass
>      ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>  >>>
>
> Is there a good reason for this?

The REPL compiles one statement at a time. A file is allowed to
contain multiple statements.

ChrisA