From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1992 18:49:18 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Tighten syntax for try statements
X-Git-Tag: v0.9.8~418
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=af82141bb6ca0ac4728df76184634e947a7cc2e4;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Tighten syntax for try statements
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diff --git a/Grammar/Grammar b/Grammar/Grammar
index 84f289841156..24dc70e3d886 100644
--- a/Grammar/Grammar
+++ b/Grammar/Grammar
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ compound_stmt: if_stmt | while_stmt | for_stmt | try_stmt | funcdef | classdef
 if_stmt: 'if' test ':' suite ('elif' test ':' suite)* ['else' ':' suite]
 while_stmt: 'while' test ':' suite ['else' ':' suite]
 for_stmt: 'for' exprlist 'in' testlist ':' suite ['else' ':' suite]
-try_stmt: 'try' ':' suite (except_clause ':' suite)* ['finally' ':' suite]
+try_stmt: 'try' ':' suite (except_clause ':' suite)+ | 'try' ':' suite 'finally' ':' suite
+# NB compile.c makes sure that the default except clause is last
 except_clause: 'except' [test [',' test]]
 suite: simple_stmt | NEWLINE INDENT stmt+ DEDENT