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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2016-07-14 22:00:03 -0700
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2016-07-14 22:00:03 -0700
commit39b667e2459725bc81680dac41d1bb3992c09d63 (patch)
treeefe9d42432be4cc7c99d1a7f05984a0bc928c2d9 /Lib/test
parentc0c8da515a521d4b61d089ceb873ee17e80ac985 (diff)
downloadcpython-39b667e2459725bc81680dac41d1bb3992c09d63.tar.gz
make too many nested blocks be a SyntaxError instead of a SystemError (closes #27514)
Patch by Ammar Askar.
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/test')
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_syntax.py6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
index 057441c83c..83f49f6580 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
@@ -342,7 +342,9 @@ isn't, there should be a syntax error.
...
SyntaxError: 'break' outside loop
-This should probably raise a better error than a SystemError (or none at all).
+This raises a SyntaxError, it used to raise a SystemError.
+Context for this change can be found on issue #27514
+
In 2.5 there was a missing exception and an assert was triggered in a debug
build. The number of blocks must be greater than CO_MAXBLOCKS. SF #1565514
@@ -370,7 +372,7 @@ build. The number of blocks must be greater than CO_MAXBLOCKS. SF #1565514
... break
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
- SystemError: too many statically nested blocks
+ SyntaxError: too many statically nested blocks
Misuse of the nonlocal statement can lead to a few unique syntax errors.