Match CPython's SyntaxError range for unparenthesized `except` types by zzarbttoo · Pull Request #8661 · RustPython/RustPython · GitHub

Closes PEP 758: align unparenthesized-exception SyntaxError metadata with CPython #8496

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CPython's invalid_except_stmt rule raises the error only once the whole clause has matched, and reports a range that starts at the first exception type and ends at the : closing the clause, so it covers the as NAME part as well:

invalid_except_stmt:
    | 'except' a=expression ',' expressions 'as' NAME  ':' {
        RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR_STARTING_FROM(a, "multiple exception types
        must be parenthesized when using 'as'") }

The parser reports the exception types alone, so look up that : in the source and widen the range to match. Only as NAME may follow the exception types, which is why the first : after them is the one closing the clause.

try:
    pass
except A, B, C as e:
    pass

CPython 3.14:  ('x.py', 3, 8, 'except A, B, C as e:\n', 3, 20)
before:        ('x.py', 3, 8, 'except A, B, C as e:\n', 3, 15)

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Bug Fixes
- Improved syntax-error highlighting for except clauses using multiple exception types with as.
- Error ranges now include the complete as NAME portion through the closing colon, matching CPython behavior.
- Reporting correctly handles backslash line continuations, whitespace variations, tabs, and non-ASCII identifiers.
- Diagnostics avoid extending ranges when no valid clause ending is found, providing more accurate locations for invalid exception-handling syntax.

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The VM now reports CPython-compatible syntax error ranges for invalid unparenthesized exception lists. The scanner handles as NAME, backslash line joins, whitespace, and non-ASCII text.

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Except syntax error metadata

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Locate the except clause end crates/vm/src/vm/vm_new.rs	Adds a parser-gated scanner that finds the closing : after as NAME, handles explicit backslash line joins, and counts characters for columns.
Apply and validate the corrected error range crates/vm/src/vm/vm_new.rs, extra_tests/snippets/syntax_invalid.py	Uses the scanned position for the targeted syntax error and tests line, column, message, whitespace, line joins, and non-ASCII identifiers.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

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Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The change implements issue #8496. invalid_except_stmt_end finds the closing : after as NAME, supports explicit line joins, and counts Unicode characters for the end column. The adjusted diagnos…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes are limited to SyntaxError range handling in crates/vm/src/vm/vm_new.rs and regression tests in extra_tests/snippets/syntax_invalid.py. Both changes directly support issue #8496. No un…
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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: aligning RustPython's SyntaxError range with CPython for unparenthesized except types.

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CPython's `invalid_except_stmt` rule raises the error only once the whole clause has matched, and reports a range that starts at the first exception type and ends at the `:` closing the clause, so it covers the `as NAME` part as well: invalid_except_stmt: | 'except' a=expression ',' expressions 'as' NAME ':' { RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR_STARTING_FROM(a, "multiple exception types must be parenthesized when using 'as'") } The parser reports the exception types alone, so look up that `:` in the source and widen the range to match. Only `as NAME` may follow the exception types, which is why the first `:` after them is the one closing the clause. try: pass except A, B, C as e: pass CPython 3.14: ('x.py', 3, 8, 'except A, B, C as e:\n', 3, 20) before: ('x.py', 3, 8, 'except A, B, C as e:\n', 3, 15) Fixes RustPython#8496 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

`invalid_except_stmt_end` returns the exclusive end of the range, so the column it yields is the one the `:` sits on even though the `:` is not part of the range. The previous "ending at the `:`" wording read as if the colon were included, which invites an off-by-one "fix". Comments only; no behavior change. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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- Line 1340: Update the `name` extraction around `types_end..colon` to consume
explicit line-join sequences as whitespace before applying `strip_prefix("as")`,
so split `except` clauses recognize `as exc` and extend the parser range
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`invalid_except_stmt_end` recovers the end of CPython's range by scanning the source, which has to redo by hand what CPython gets from its tokenizer: - The column was the byte distance from the line start, but `end_offset` is a character column. `except Ä, B as e:` reported 18 instead of 17. CPython converts explicitly, in `_PyPegen_byte_offset_to_character_offset`. - The colon scan already spans explicit line joins, but the `as` check ran on the raw slice, so a `\` before `as` left the range unextended. `except A, B \` + `as exc:` reported (3, 12) instead of (4, 7). Add regression cases to `syntax_invalid.py` covering both, plus the whitespace, `except*` and line-join placements that already worked. All values are verified against CPython 3.14. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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This landed through #8983, which includes this PR's commits. The except A, B, C as e: range now comes from the parser (RustPython/ruff invalid_except_stmt rule), so the source scan here was replaced, and the snippet test from this PR is kept as is. Thanks for the fix!

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