_try_compile function from dis module firstly tries to compile given source string with 'eval' mode and, if exception is occured, catches it and tries again with 'exec' mode. These actions lead to a long chained traceback if given string contains syntax/indentation error, because this string gets refused by compile in both 'eval' and 'exec' modes.
All functions/constructors from dis module that use _try_compile and accept source string as an argument (dis, get_instructions, code_info, show_code, Bytecode) are showing this behavior:
>>> dis.dis(')')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/.../cpython/Lib/dis.py", line 67, in _try_compile
c = compile(source, name, 'eval')
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<dis>", line 1
)
^
SyntaxError: unmatched ')'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/home/.../cpython/Lib/dis.py", line 112, in dis
_disassemble_str(x, file=file, depth=depth, show_caches=show_caches, adaptive=adaptive)
File "/home/.../cpython/Lib/dis.py", line 593, in _disassemble_str
_disassemble_recursive(_try_compile(source, '<dis>'), **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/.../cpython/Lib/dis.py", line 69, in _try_compile
c = compile(source, name, 'exec')
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<dis>", line 1
)
^
SyntaxError: unmatched ')'
Python versions affected: 3.10.8, 3.11.0, current main.
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_try_compilefunction fromdismodule firstly tries to compile given source string with'eval'mode and, if exception is occured, catches it and tries again with'exec'mode. These actions lead to a long chained traceback if given string contains syntax/indentation error, because this string gets refused bycompilein both'eval'and'exec'modes.All functions/constructors from
dismodule that use_try_compileand accept source string as an argument (dis,get_instructions,code_info,show_code,Bytecode) are showing this behavior:Python versions affected: 3.10.8, 3.11.0, current main.
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