Istvan Albert wrote: > metaperl wrote: > > --> python -i > > >>> class = "algebra" > > File "<stdin>", line 1 > > class = "algebra" > > ^ > > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > Designing a syntax to avoid all possible newbie errors is impractical > because as soon as you are finished with one iteration the new newbies > will start making different kinds of errors... > > Take solace in the fact that you've been immediately notifed of the > error while its fix: renaming pass to passwd is trivial ...
The error message is not very explicit - "class is a reserved word" will make far more sense to a new programmer than SyntaxError. Especially since the expression is rather innocent looking and correct-looking. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
