[issue44064] Python39/lib/logging/__init__.py SyntaxError: cannot delete starred

Kathleen West added the comment: Created an issue @ microsoft/vscode-python https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/issues/16174 -- stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker _

[issue44064] Python39/lib/logging/__init__.py SyntaxError: cannot delete starred

Kathleen West added the comment: We have a root cause/answer to the issue for future reference. Jedi is a static analysis tool for Python that is typically used in IDEs/editors plugins (VS Code) I will create a bug here: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python -- resolution: ->

[issue44064] Python39/lib/logging/__init__.py SyntaxError: cannot delete starred

Jelle Zijlstra added the comment: "del t, v, tb" is perfectly legal Python syntax. It's whatever tool is showing a syntax error there (jedi, apparently) that's buggy. % python3.9 Python 3.9.4 (default, Apr 9 2021, 09:47:14) [Clang 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29)] on darwin Type "help", "copyrig

[issue44064] Python39/lib/logging/__init__.py SyntaxError: cannot delete starred

Kathleen West added the comment: I literally changed the base logging code to this and it worked finally: del t del v del tb -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue44064] Python39/lib/logging/__init__.py SyntaxError: cannot delete starred

Kathleen West added the comment: The "del" statement *** del_stmt ::= "del" target_list Deletion is recursively defined very similar to the way assignment is defined. Rather than spelling it out in full details, here are some hints. Deletion of a target list recursively de

[issue44064] Python39/lib/logging/__init__.py SyntaxError: cannot delete starred

Kathleen West added the comment: Jelle Zijlstra (Jelle Zijlstra) "Saying it so doesn't make it so" See the photo for proof. If you could reply with more details and clear steps on how to resolve the issue, that would be appreciated. -- ___ Python

[issue44064] Python39/lib/logging/__init__.py SyntaxError: cannot delete starred

Jelle Zijlstra added the comment: Line 1030 of 3.9.4 is at https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/1f2e3088f3c097b5bde69bbd63dfcd0852d31984/Lib/logging/__init__.py#L1030 and doesn't have a del statement or a syntax error. Most likely there's some mismatch where you're running the wrong versio

[issue44064] Python39/lib/logging/__init__.py SyntaxError: cannot delete starred

New submission from Kathleen West : There is a syntax error in the python library "Python39/lib/logging/__init__.py" that when I run this is VS Code in debug mode, this shows up all the time. python --version Python 3.9.4 Python39/lib/logging/__init__.py { "resource": "/C:/Users/