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diff --git a/Doc/library/doctest.rst b/Doc/library/doctest.rst index a77322f..0bbb640 100644 --- a/Doc/library/doctest.rst +++ b/Doc/library/doctest.rst @@ -485,25 +485,24 @@ Some details you should read once, but won't need to remember: .. index:: single: ^ (caret); marker -* For some :exc:`SyntaxError`\ s, Python displays the character position of the - syntax error, using a ``^`` marker:: +* For some exceptions, Python displays the position of the error using ``^`` + markers and tildes:: - >>> 1 1 + >>> 1 + None File "<stdin>", line 1 - 1 1 - ^ - SyntaxError: invalid syntax + 1 + None + ~~^~~~~~ + TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'int' and 'NoneType' Since the lines showing the position of the error come before the exception type and detail, they are not checked by doctest. For example, the following test would pass, even though it puts the ``^`` marker in the wrong location:: - >>> 1 1 - Traceback (most recent call last): + >>> 1 + None File "<stdin>", line 1 - 1 1 - ^ - SyntaxError: invalid syntax + 1 + None + ^~~~~~~~ + TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'int' and 'NoneType' .. _option-flags-and-directives: |