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@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ Here's an overview of the questions per chapter:
4.40. Q. I try to use __spam and I get an error about _SomeClassName__spam.
4.41. Q. How do I delete a file? And other file questions.
4.42. Q. How to modify urllib or httplib to support HTTP/1.1?
+ 4.43. Q. Unexplicable syntax errors in compile() or exec.
5. Extending Python
5.1. Q. Can I create my own functions in C?
@@ -1700,6 +1701,12 @@ A. Apply the following patch to httplib.py:
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> replypat = regsub.gsub('\\.', '\\\\.', 'HTTP/1.[0-9]+') + \
+4.43. Q. Unexplicable syntax errors in compile() or exec.
+
+A. When a statement suite (as opposed to an expression) is compiled by
+compile(), exec or execfile(), it *must* end in a newline. In some
+cases, when the source ends in an indented block it appears that at
+least two newlines are required.
5. Extending Python