Backport fix for compile_command("",symbol="eval") raising syntax error about "pass...

diff --git a/Lib/codeop.py b/Lib/codeop.py
index c97b4df2935407ea273bdbba2fc3363101abff5e..327f80dedb4ab15e801a9ad07b9c32d98e5d677b 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/codeop.py
+++ b/Lib/codeop.py
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ def _maybe_compile(compiler, source, filename, symbol):
         if line and line[0] != '#':
             break               # Leave it alone
     else:
-        source = "pass"         # Replace it with a 'pass' statement
+        if symbol != "eval":
+            source = "pass"     # Replace it with a 'pass' statement
 
     err = err1 = err2 = None
     code = code1 = code2 = None