py3k: catch SyntaxError while searching for a file

When loading a module without the file name, Pylint uses lgc.find_module
which uses imp.find_module at lgc.modutils l. 606.
When doing this with "func_unknown_encoding" in Python 3.x,
a syntax error arises, where as in python 2.x, it friendly returns
"pylint/test/input/func_unknown_encoding.py".

This is a Python bug : http://bugs.python.org/issue10588 and capturing
SyntaxError should be removed as soon as possible

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index d3c92f87b..5e26c3d6b 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -445,7 +445,9 @@ def expand_modules(files_or_modules, black_list):
                 if filepath is None:
                     errors.append( {'key' : 'F0003', 'mod': modname} )
                     continue
-            except ImportError, ex:
+            except (ImportError, SyntaxError), ex:
+                # FIXME p3k : the SyntaxError is a Python bug and should be
+                # removed as soon as possible http://bugs.python.org/issue10588
                 errors.append( {'key': 'F0001', 'mod': modname, 'ex': ex} )
                 continue
         filepath = normpath(filepath)