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Ka-Ping Yee <ping@lfw.org>:
Changes to error messages to increase consistency & clarity. This (mostly) closes SourceForge patch #101839.
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‎Lib/test/output/test_extcall‎

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@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ test_extcall
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(1, 2, 3) {'b': 5, 'a': 4}
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(1, 2, 3, 4, 5) {'b': 7, 'a': 6}
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(1, 2, 3, 6, 7) {'y': 5, 'b': 9, 'x': 4, 'a': 8}
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TypeError: not enough arguments; expected 1, got 0
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TypeError: not enough arguments; expected 1, got 0
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TypeError: not enough arguments; expected 1, got 0
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TypeError: not enough arguments to g(); expected 1, got 0
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TypeError: not enough arguments to g(); expected 1, got 0
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TypeError: not enough arguments to g(); expected 1, got 0
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1 () {}
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1 (2,) {}
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1 (2, 3) {}
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ TypeError: not enough arguments; expected 1, got 0
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1 () {'d': 4, 'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'a': 1}
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{'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'a': 1}
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{'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'a': 1}
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keyword parameter redefined: x
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keyword parameter redefined: b
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keyword parameter 'x' redefined in call to g()
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keyword parameter 'b' redefined in function call
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keywords must be strings
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unexpected keyword argument: e
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h() got an unexpected keyword argument 'e'
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* argument must be a sequence
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** argument must be a dictionary
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3 512 1

‎Modules/dbmmodule.c‎

Lines changed: 3 additions & 3 deletions
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@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ dbm_ass_sub(dbmobject *dp, PyObject *v, PyObject *w)
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if ( dbm_store(dp->di_dbm, krec, drec, DBM_REPLACE) < 0 ) {
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dbm_clearerr(dp->di_dbm);
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PyErr_SetString(DbmError,
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"Cannot add item to database");
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"cannot add item to database");
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return -1;
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}
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}
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ dbm_setdefault(register dbmobject *dp, PyObject *args)
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val.dsize = PyString_GET_SIZE(defvalue);
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if (dbm_store(dp->di_dbm, key, val, DBM_INSERT) < 0) {
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dbm_clearerr(dp->di_dbm);
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PyErr_SetString(DbmError, "Cannot add item to database");
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PyErr_SetString(DbmError, "cannot add item to database");
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return NULL;
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}
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return defvalue;
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ dbmopen(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
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iflags = O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC;
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else {
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PyErr_SetString(DbmError,
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"Flags should be one of 'r', 'w', 'c' or 'n'");
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"arg 2 to open should be 'r', 'w', 'c', or 'n'");
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return NULL;
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}
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return newdbmobject(name, iflags, mode);

‎Modules/parsermodule.c‎

Lines changed: 21 additions & 21 deletions
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@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ parser_do_parse(PyObject *args, PyObject *kw, char *argspec, int type)
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if (n != 0)
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res = parser_newastobject(n, type);
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else
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err_string("Could not parse string.");
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err_string("could not parse string");
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}
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return (res);
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}
@@ -611,14 +611,14 @@ parser_tuple2ast(PyAST_Object *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
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else {
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/* This is a fragment, at best. */
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PyNode_Free(tree);
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err_string("Parse tree does not use a valid start symbol.");
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err_string("parse tree does not use a valid start symbol");
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}
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}
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/* Make sure we throw an exception on all errors. We should never
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* get this, but we'd do well to be sure something is done.
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*/
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if ((ast == 0) && !PyErr_Occurred())
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err_string("Unspecified ast error occurred.");
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err_string("unspecified AST error occurred");
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return (ast);
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}
@@ -670,16 +670,16 @@ build_node_children(PyObject *tuple, node *root, int *line_num)
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PyObject *temp;
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if ((len != 2) && (len != 3)) {
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err_string("Terminal nodes must have 2 or 3 entries.");
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err_string("terminal nodes must have 2 or 3 entries");
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return 0;
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}
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temp = PySequence_GetItem(elem, 1);
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if (temp == NULL)
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return 0;
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if (!PyString_Check(temp)) {
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PyErr_Format(parser_error,
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"Second item in terminal node must be a string,"
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" found %s.",
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"second item in terminal node must be a string,"
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" found %s",
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((PyTypeObject*)PyObject_Type(temp))->tp_name);
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Py_DECREF(temp);
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return 0;
@@ -691,8 +691,8 @@ build_node_children(PyObject *tuple, node *root, int *line_num)
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*line_num = PyInt_AS_LONG(o);
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else {
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PyErr_Format(parser_error,
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"Third item in terminal node must be an"
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" integer, found %s.",
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"third item in terminal node must be an"
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" integer, found %s",
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((PyTypeObject*)PyObject_Type(temp))->tp_name);
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Py_DECREF(o);
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Py_DECREF(temp);
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ build_node_children(PyObject *tuple, node *root, int *line_num)
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* Throw an exception.
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*/
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PyErr_SetObject(parser_error,
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Py_BuildValue("os", elem, "Unknown node type."));
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Py_BuildValue("os", elem, "unknown node type."));
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Py_XDECREF(elem);
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return (0);
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}
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ validate_dotted_as_name(node *tree)
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&& validate_name(CHILD(tree, 2), NULL));
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else {
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res = 0;
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err_string("Illegal number of children for dotted_as_name.");
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err_string("illegal number of children for dotted_as_name");
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}
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}
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return res;
@@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ validate_exec_stmt(node *tree)
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&& validate_expr(CHILD(tree, 1)));
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if (!res && !PyErr_Occurred())
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err_string("Illegal exec statement.");
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err_string("illegal exec statement");
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if (res && (nch > 2))
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res = (validate_name(CHILD(tree, 2), "in")
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&& validate_test(CHILD(tree, 3)));
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ validate_assert_stmt(node *tree)
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&& validate_test(CHILD(tree, 1)));
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if (!res && !PyErr_Occurred())
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err_string("Illegal assert statement.");
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err_string("illegal assert statement");
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if (res && (nch > 2))
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res = (validate_comma(CHILD(tree, 2))
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&& validate_test(CHILD(tree, 3)));
@@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ validate_try(node *tree)
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res = ((strcmp(STR(CHILD(tree, pos)), "except") == 0)
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|| (strcmp(STR(CHILD(tree, pos)), "else") == 0));
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if (!res)
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err_string("Illegal trailing triple in try statement.");
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err_string("illegal trailing triple in try statement");
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}
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else if (nch == (pos + 6)) {
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res = (validate_name(CHILD(tree, pos), "except")
@@ -1912,11 +1912,11 @@ validate_comp_op(node *tree)
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|| (strcmp(STR(tree), "is") == 0));
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if (!res) {
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PyErr_Format(parser_error,
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"Illegal operator: '%s'.", STR(tree));
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"illegal operator '%s'", STR(tree));
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}
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break;
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default:
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err_string("Illegal comparison operator type.");
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err_string("illegal comparison operator type");
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break;
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}
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}
@@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@ validate_comp_op(node *tree)
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|| ((strcmp(STR(CHILD(tree, 0)), "not") == 0)
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&& (strcmp(STR(CHILD(tree, 1)), "in") == 0))));
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if (!res && !PyErr_Occurred())
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err_string("Unknown comparison operator.");
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err_string("unknown comparison operator");
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}
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return (res);
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}
@@ -2075,7 +2075,7 @@ validate_power(node *tree)
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res = validate_trailer(CHILD(tree, pos++));
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if (res && (pos < nch)) {
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if (!is_even(nch - pos)) {
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err_string("Illegal number of nodes for 'power'.");
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err_string("illegal number of nodes for 'power'");
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return (0);
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}
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for ( ; res && (pos < (nch - 1)); pos += 2)
@@ -2532,7 +2532,7 @@ validate_node(node *tree)
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if (res)
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next = CHILD(tree, 0);
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else if (nch == 1)
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err_string("Illegal flow_stmt type.");
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err_string("illegal flow_stmt type");
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break;
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/*
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* Compound statements.
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default:
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/* Hopefully never reached! */
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err_string("Unrecogniged node type.");
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err_string("unrecognized node type");
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res = 0;
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break;
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}
@@ -2670,7 +2670,7 @@ validate_expr_tree(node *tree)
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int res = validate_eval_input(tree);
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if (!res && !PyErr_Occurred())
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err_string("Could not validate expression tuple.");
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err_string("could not validate expression tuple");
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return (res);
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}
@@ -2698,7 +2698,7 @@ validate_file_input(node *tree)
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* this, we have some debugging to do.
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*/
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if (!res && !PyErr_Occurred())
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err_string("VALIDATION FAILURE: report this to the maintainer!.");
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err_string("VALIDATION FAILURE: report this to the maintainer!");
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return (res);
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}

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