On 3/8/2018 6:30 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
Ian Pilcher <arequip...@gmail.com> writes:
ips.update(_san_dnsname_ips(cname, True)
| <= auto-indent
If you type this code line in IDLE or other decent Python-aware code
editor, the smart indent would put curser where I put the '|', thus
indicating that there is no ')' matching the function call '('
return ips
If you delete the helpful indent signal to type return here, ...
2.7 and 3.6 are both giving me:
File "/tmp/test.py", line 32
return ips
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
I've checked for tabs and mismatched parentheses.
IDLE, etc, flashes the ([{ opener for every )]} closer typed.
Not seeing an expected flash and seeing an unexpected indent catches
most mismatches for me.
Not sufficiently, it seems. Check the line preceding the ‘return’
statement.
Then, switch to using a programmer's text editor (I prefer Emacs) that
can spot these syntax errors while you type.
I have never used Emacs, but I understand it has a decent Python-aware mode.
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