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@@ -173,11 +173,10 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
.. note::
- When compiling a string with multi-line statements, line endings must be
- represented by a single newline character (``'\n'``), and the input must
- be terminated by at least one newline character. If line endings are
- represented by ``'\r\n'``, use :meth:`str.replace` to change them into
- ``'\n'``.
+ When compiling a string with multi-line statements in ``'single'`` or
+ ``'eval'`` mode, input must be terminated by at least one newline
+ character. This is to facilitate detection of incomplete and complete
+ statements in the :mod:`code` module.
.. versionchanged:: 2.3
The *flags* and *dont_inherit* arguments were added.
@@ -185,6 +184,10 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
.. versionchanged:: 2.6
Support for compiling AST objects.
+ .. versionchanged:: 2.7
+ Allowed use of Windows and Mac newlines. Also input in ``'exec'`` mode
+ does not have to end in a newline anymore.
+
.. function:: complex([real[, imag]])