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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst | 31 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/test_codeop.py | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/test_syntax.py | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/test_unpack.py | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/test_with.py | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Python/ast.c | 9 |
7 files changed, 41 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst index ff5b1cabc6..59493c3aed 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst @@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ attributes or items of mutable objects: assignment_stmt: (`target_list` "=")+ (`expression_list` | `yield_expression`) target_list: `target` ("," `target`)* [","] target: `identifier` - : | "(" `target_list` ")" - : | "[" `target_list` "]" + : | "(" [`target_list`] ")" + : | "[" [`target_list`] "]" : | `attributeref` : | `subscription` : | `slicing` @@ -115,21 +115,25 @@ given with the definition of the object types (see section :ref:`types`). Assignment of an object to a target list, optionally enclosed in parentheses or square brackets, is recursively defined as follows. -* If the target list is a single target: The object is assigned to that target. +* If the target list is empty: The object must also be an empty iterable. -* If the target list is a comma-separated list of targets: The object must be an - iterable with the same number of items as there are targets in the target list, - and the items are assigned, from left to right, to the corresponding targets. +* If the target list is a single target in parentheses: The object is assigned + to that target. + +* If the target list is a comma-separated list of targets, or a single target + in square brackets: The object must be an iterable with the same number of + items as there are targets in the target list, and the items are assigned, + from left to right, to the corresponding targets. * If the target list contains one target prefixed with an asterisk, called a - "starred" target: The object must be a sequence with at least as many items + "starred" target: The object must be an iterable with at least as many items as there are targets in the target list, minus one. The first items of the - sequence are assigned, from left to right, to the targets before the starred - target. The final items of the sequence are assigned to the targets after - the starred target. A list of the remaining items in the sequence is then + iterable are assigned, from left to right, to the targets before the starred + target. The final items of the iterable are assigned to the targets after + the starred target. A list of the remaining items in the iterable is then assigned to the starred target (the list can be empty). - * Else: The object must be a sequence with the same number of items as there + * Else: The object must be an iterable with the same number of items as there are targets in the target list, and the items are assigned, from left to right, to the corresponding targets. @@ -150,11 +154,6 @@ Assignment of an object to a single target is recursively defined as follows. count for the object previously bound to the name to reach zero, causing the object to be deallocated and its destructor (if it has one) to be called. -* If the target is a target list enclosed in parentheses or in square brackets: - The object must be an iterable with the same number of items as there are - targets in the target list, and its items are assigned, from left to right, - to the corresponding targets. - .. index:: pair: attribute; assignment * If the target is an attribute reference: The primary expression in the diff --git a/Lib/test/test_codeop.py b/Lib/test/test_codeop.py index 509bf5dfd2..98da26fa5d 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_codeop.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_codeop.py @@ -282,7 +282,6 @@ class CodeopTests(unittest.TestCase): ai("if (a == 1 and b = 2): pass") ai("del 1") - ai("del ()") ai("del (1,)") ai("del [1]") ai("del '1'") diff --git a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py index 057441c83c..38fc417524 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py @@ -35,14 +35,6 @@ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Traceback (most recent call last): SyntaxError: can't assign to keyword -It's a syntax error to assign to the empty tuple. Why isn't it an -error to assign to the empty list? It will always raise some error at -runtime. - ->>> () = 1 -Traceback (most recent call last): -SyntaxError: can't assign to () - >>> f() = 1 Traceback (most recent call last): SyntaxError: can't assign to function call @@ -491,10 +483,6 @@ Traceback (most recent call last): ... SyntaxError: keyword argument repeated ->>> del () -Traceback (most recent call last): -SyntaxError: can't delete () - >>> {1, 2, 3} = 42 Traceback (most recent call last): SyntaxError: can't assign to literal diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unpack.py b/Lib/test/test_unpack.py index d1ccb38937..3fcb18fb43 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_unpack.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_unpack.py @@ -117,6 +117,27 @@ error) ... test.test_unpack.BozoError +Allow unpacking empty iterables + + >>> () = [] + >>> [] = () + >>> [] = [] + >>> () = () + +Unpacking non-iterables should raise TypeError + + >>> () = 42 + Traceback (most recent call last): + ... + TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable + +Unpacking to an empty iterable should raise ValueError + + >>> () = [42] + Traceback (most recent call last): + ... + ValueError: too many values to unpack (expected 0) + """ __test__ = {'doctests' : doctests} diff --git a/Lib/test/test_with.py b/Lib/test/test_with.py index 3815062a58..e247ff6a61 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_with.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_with.py @@ -140,11 +140,6 @@ class FailureTestCase(unittest.TestCase): 'with mock as (None):\n' ' pass') - def testAssignmentToEmptyTupleError(self): - self.assertRaisesSyntaxError( - 'with mock as ():\n' - ' pass') - def testAssignmentToTupleOnlyContainingNoneError(self): self.assertRaisesSyntaxError('with mock as None,:\n pass') self.assertRaisesSyntaxError( @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Release date: 2016-05-16 Core and Builtins ----------------- +- Issue #23275: Allow assigning to an empty target list in round brackets: + () = iterable. + - Issue #26991: Fix possible refleak when creating a function with annotations. - Issue #27039: Fixed bytearray.remove() for values greater than 127. Based on diff --git a/Python/ast.c b/Python/ast.c index ad771cf702..1efd0b7daa 100644 --- a/Python/ast.c +++ b/Python/ast.c @@ -990,13 +990,8 @@ set_context(struct compiling *c, expr_ty e, expr_context_ty ctx, const node *n) s = e->v.List.elts; break; case Tuple_kind: - if (asdl_seq_LEN(e->v.Tuple.elts)) { - e->v.Tuple.ctx = ctx; - s = e->v.Tuple.elts; - } - else { - expr_name = "()"; - } + e->v.Tuple.ctx = ctx; + s = e->v.Tuple.elts; break; case Lambda_kind: expr_name = "lambda"; |