From 7ba1f75f3f02b4b50ac6d7e17d15e467afa36aac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joannah Nanjekye <33177550+nanjekyejoannah@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 21:59:46 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-38872: Document exec symbol for codeop.compile_command (GH-20047) * Document exec symbol for codeop.compile_command * Remove extra statements Co-authored-by: nanjekyejoannah --- Doc/library/code.rst | 4 ++-- Doc/library/codeop.rst | 5 +++-- Lib/codeop.py | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/code.rst b/Doc/library/code.rst index 6708079f778..538e5afc782 100644 --- a/Doc/library/code.rst +++ b/Doc/library/code.rst @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ build applications which provide an interactive interpreter prompt. *source* is the source string; *filename* is the optional filename from which source was read, defaulting to ``''``; and *symbol* is the optional - grammar start symbol, which should be either ``'single'`` (the default) or - ``'eval'``. + grammar start symbol, which should be ``'single'`` (the default), ``'eval'`` + or ``'exec'``. Returns a code object (the same as ``compile(source, filename, symbol)``) if the command is complete and valid; ``None`` if the command is incomplete; raises diff --git a/Doc/library/codeop.rst b/Doc/library/codeop.rst index a52d2c62c4f..c66b9d3ec0a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/codeop.rst +++ b/Doc/library/codeop.rst @@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ To do just the former: :exc:`OverflowError` or :exc:`ValueError` if there is an invalid literal. The *symbol* argument determines whether *source* is compiled as a statement - (``'single'``, the default) or as an :term:`expression` (``'eval'``). Any - other value will cause :exc:`ValueError` to be raised. + (``'single'``, the default), as a sequence of statements (``'exec'``) or + as an :term:`expression` (``'eval'``). Any other value will + cause :exc:`ValueError` to be raised. .. note:: diff --git a/Lib/codeop.py b/Lib/codeop.py index 082285f94fe..835e68c09ba 100644 --- a/Lib/codeop.py +++ b/Lib/codeop.py @@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ def compile_command(source, filename="", symbol="single"): source -- the source string; may contain \n characters filename -- optional filename from which source was read; default "" - symbol -- optional grammar start symbol; "single" (default) or "eval" + symbol -- optional grammar start symbol; "single" (default), "exec" + or "eval" Return value / exceptions raised: