bpo-41084: Adjust message when an f-string expression causes a SyntaxError (GH-21084)

Prefix the error message with `fstring: `, when parsing an f-string expression throws a `SyntaxError`.

Author: lysnikolaou

Lib/test/test_fstring.py

@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ def test_format_specifier_expressions(self):
                              # This looks like a nested format spec.
                              ])
 
-        self.assertAllRaise(SyntaxError, "invalid syntax",
+        self.assertAllRaise(SyntaxError, "f-string: invalid syntax",
                             [# Invalid syntax inside a nested spec.
                              "f'{4:{/5}}'",
                              ])
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ def test_parens_in_expressions(self):
         #  are added around it. But we shouldn't go from an invalid
         #  expression to a valid one. The added parens are just
         #  supposed to allow whitespace (including newlines).
-        self.assertAllRaise(SyntaxError, 'invalid syntax',
+        self.assertAllRaise(SyntaxError, 'f-string: invalid syntax',
                             ["f'{,}'",
                              "f'{,}'",  # this is (,), which is an error
                              ])
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ def test_lambda(self):
 
         # lambda doesn't work without parens, because the colon
         #  makes the parser think it's a format_spec
-        self.assertAllRaise(SyntaxError, 'invalid syntax',
+        self.assertAllRaise(SyntaxError, 'f-string: invalid syntax',
                             ["f'{lambda x:x}'",
                              ])
 
@@ -1194,6 +1194,10 @@ def test_walrus(self):
         self.assertEqual(f'{(x:=10)}', '10')
         self.assertEqual(x, 10)
 
+    def test_invalid_syntax_error_message(self):
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(SyntaxError, "f-string: invalid syntax"):
+            compile("f'{a $ b}'", "?", "exec")
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-06-23-15-10-19.bpo-41084.pt3y7F.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Prefix the error message with 'f-string: ', when parsing an f-string expression which throws a :exc:`SyntaxError`.

Parser/pegen.c

@@ -391,6 +391,21 @@ _PyPegen_raise_error_known_location(Parser *p, PyObject *errtype,
     PyObject *tmp = NULL;
     p->error_indicator = 1;
 
+    if (p->start_rule == Py_fstring_input) {
+        const char *fstring_msg = "f-string: ";
+        Py_ssize_t len = strlen(fstring_msg) + strlen(errmsg);
+
+        char *new_errmsg = PyMem_RawMalloc(len + 1); // Lengths of both strings plus NULL character
+        if (!new_errmsg) {
+            return (void *) PyErr_NoMemory();
+        }
+
+        // Copy both strings into new buffer
+        memcpy(new_errmsg, fstring_msg, strlen(fstring_msg));
+        memcpy(new_errmsg + strlen(fstring_msg), errmsg, strlen(errmsg));
+        new_errmsg[len] = 0;
+        errmsg = new_errmsg;
+    }
     errstr = PyUnicode_FromFormatV(errmsg, va);
     if (!errstr) {
         goto error;
@@ -427,11 +442,17 @@ _PyPegen_raise_error_known_location(Parser *p, PyObject *errtype,
 
     Py_DECREF(errstr);
     Py_DECREF(value);
+    if (p->start_rule == Py_fstring_input) {
+        PyMem_RawFree((void *)errmsg);
+    }
     return NULL;
 
 error:
     Py_XDECREF(errstr);
     Py_XDECREF(error_line);
+    if (p->start_rule == Py_fstring_input) {
+        PyMem_RawFree((void *)errmsg);
+    }
     return NULL;
 }