[Python-Dev] Bug 1184112 still valid (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Fri Mar 17 15:56:48 CET 2006

Wolfgang Langner wrote:

today I got my first real python bug. Problem is described in:

Bug with ID: 1184112 http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1184112&groupid=5470&atid=105470 I use python 2.3.5 in an embedded C++ Application which uses function: PyRunSimpleString.

the "missing trailing newline may cause errors for multiline statements" is documented behaviour; from the compile() docs:

"When compiling multi-line statements, two caveats apply: line
endings must be represented by a single newline character ('\n'),
and the input must be terminated by at least one newline character."

see the codeop.py sources for library code that depends on this behaviour.

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