[3.14] gh-133999: Fix except parsing regression in 3.14 (GH-134035) (#134206)

miss-islington · sobolevn · web-flow · commit d9c08c57e938 · 2025-05-19T14:26:27.000+03:00
gh-133999: Fix `except` parsing regression in 3.14 (GH-134035) (cherry picked from commit 84914ad) Co-authored-by: sobolevn <mail@sobolevn.me>
diff --git a/Grammar/python.gram b/Grammar/python.gram
@@ -1418,15 +1418,15 @@ invalid_except_stmt:
         RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR_STARTING_FROM(a, "multiple exception types must be parenthesized when using 'as'") }
     | a='except' expression ['as' NAME ] NEWLINE { RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR("expected ':'") }
     | a='except' NEWLINE { RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR("expected ':'") }
-    | 'except' expression 'as' a=expression {
+    | 'except' expression 'as' a=expression ':' block {
         RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR_KNOWN_LOCATION(
             a, "cannot use except statement with %s", _PyPegen_get_expr_name(a)) }
 invalid_except_star_stmt:
     | 'except' '*' a=expression ',' expressions 'as' NAME  ':' {
         RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR_STARTING_FROM(a, "multiple exception types must be parenthesized when using 'as'") }
     | a='except' '*' expression ['as' NAME ] NEWLINE { RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR("expected ':'") }
     | a='except' '*' (NEWLINE | ':') { RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR("expected one or more exception types") }
-    | 'except' '*' expression 'as' a=expression {
+    | 'except' '*' expression 'as' a=expression ':' block {
         RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR_KNOWN_LOCATION(
             a, "cannot use except* statement with %s", _PyPegen_get_expr_name(a)) }
 invalid_finally_stmt:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
@@ -1431,6 +1431,23 @@
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    SyntaxError: cannot use except* statement with literal
 
+Regression tests for gh-133999:
+
+   >>> try: pass
+   ... except TypeError as name: raise from None
+   Traceback (most recent call last):
+   SyntaxError: invalid syntax
+
+   >>> try: pass
+   ... except* TypeError as name: raise from None
+   Traceback (most recent call last):
+   SyntaxError: invalid syntax
+
+   >>> match 1:
+   ...     case 1 | 2 as abc: raise from None
+   Traceback (most recent call last):
+   SyntaxError: invalid syntax
+
 Ensure that early = are not matched by the parser as invalid comparisons
    >>> f(2, 4, x=34); 1 $ 2
    Traceback (most recent call last):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-05-15-11-38-16.gh-issue-133999.uBZ8uS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-05-15-11-38-16.gh-issue-133999.uBZ8uS.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix :exc:`SyntaxError` regression in :keyword:`except` parsing after
+:gh:`123440`.
diff --git a/Parser/parser.c b/Parser/parser.c

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	`1`	+Fix :exc:`SyntaxError` regression in :keyword:`except` parsing after
	`2`	+:gh:`123440`.