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leogott opened this issue Mar 27, 2025 · 0 comments
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Confusing error string on typo'd module import #5631

leogott opened this issue Mar 27, 2025 · 0 comments
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leogott commented Mar 27, 2025 •
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Summary

When attempting to import a module, and (misremembering or mistyping) the module name to include a dash - character, rustpython will give a (true but) misleading error message.

This is mostly a problem in the online demo or running a script, as the REPL at least points out the exact location of the error.

Expected

>>> import py-compile
             ^
SyntaxError: import name contains invalid character `-`

Actual

>>>>> import aa-bb
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    import aa-bb
             ^
SyntaxError: simple statements must be separated by newlines or semicolons

Python Documentation

Python 3.13.2 | packaged by conda-forge | (main, Feb 17 2025, 14:10:22) [GCC 13.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import aa-bb
  File "<python-input-0>", line 1
    import aa-bb
             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
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