From f4189916e366045a44755d453c89d30e5006f84f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 02:30:16 +0000
Subject: Flush out support for ``class B(): pass`` syntax by adding support to
 the 'parser' module and 'compiler' package.

Closes patch #1176012.  Thanks logistix.
---
 Lib/compiler/transformer.py |  4 +++-
 Lib/test/test_compiler.py   |  3 +++
 Lib/test/test_parser.py     |  3 +++
 Misc/NEWS                   |  4 +++-
 Modules/parsermodule.c      | 21 +++++++++++++++------
 5 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/compiler/transformer.py b/Lib/compiler/transformer.py
index 0c6d148..dfa25b8 100644
--- a/Lib/compiler/transformer.py
+++ b/Lib/compiler/transformer.py
@@ -280,12 +280,14 @@ class Transformer:
         return Lambda(names, defaults, flags, code, lineno=nodelist[1][2])
 
     def classdef(self, nodelist):
-        # classdef: 'class' NAME ['(' testlist ')'] ':' suite
+        # classdef: 'class' NAME ['(' [testlist] ')'] ':' suite
 
         name = nodelist[1][1]
         doc = self.get_docstring(nodelist[-1])
         if nodelist[2][0] == token.COLON:
             bases = []
+        elif nodelist[3][0] == token.RPAR:
+            bases = []
         else:
             bases = self.com_bases(nodelist[3])
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_compiler.py b/Lib/test/test_compiler.py
index 9976a47..d9a3cb8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_compiler.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_compiler.py
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ class CompilerTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 else:
                     compiler.compile(buf, basename, "exec")
 
+    def testNewClassSyntax(self):
+        compiler.compile("class foo():pass\n\n","<string>","exec")
+        
     def testLineNo(self):
         # Test that all nodes except Module have a correct lineno attribute.
         filename = __file__
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_parser.py b/Lib/test/test_parser.py
index 0f8c1d0..bd81aca 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_parser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_parser.py
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ class RoundtripLegalSyntaxTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.check_suite("@funcattrs()\n"
                          "def f(): pass")
 
+    def test_class_defs(self):
+        self.check_suite("class foo():pass")
+        
     def test_import_from_statement(self):
         self.check_suite("from sys.path import *")
         self.check_suite("from sys.path import dirname")
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e891cef..ae02161 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ Core and builtins
 - Added two new builtins, any() and all().
 
 - Defining a class with empty parentheses is now allowed
-  (e.g., ``class C(): pass`` is no longer a syntax error)
+  (e.g., ``class C(): pass`` is no longer a syntax error).
+  Patch #1176012 added support to the 'parser' module and 'compiler' package
+  (thanks to logistix for that added support).
 
 - Patch #1115086: Support PY_LONGLONG in structmember.
 
diff --git a/Modules/parsermodule.c b/Modules/parsermodule.c
index eb23b58..63b2cd7 100644
--- a/Modules/parsermodule.c
+++ b/Modules/parsermodule.c
@@ -947,7 +947,8 @@ static int
 validate_class(node *tree)
 {
     int nch = NCH(tree);
-    int res = validate_ntype(tree, classdef) && ((nch == 4) || (nch == 7));
+    int res = (validate_ntype(tree, classdef) &&
+	       	((nch == 4) || (nch == 6) || (nch == 7)));
 
     if (res) {
         res = (validate_name(CHILD(tree, 0), "class")
@@ -955,12 +956,20 @@ validate_class(node *tree)
                && validate_colon(CHILD(tree, nch - 2))
                && validate_suite(CHILD(tree, nch - 1)));
     }
-    else
+    else {
         (void) validate_numnodes(tree, 4, "class");
-    if (res && (nch == 7)) {
-        res = (validate_lparen(CHILD(tree, 2))
-               && validate_testlist(CHILD(tree, 3))
-               && validate_rparen(CHILD(tree, 4)));
+    }
+	
+    if (res) {
+	if (nch == 7) {
+		res = ((validate_lparen(CHILD(tree, 2)) &&
+			validate_testlist(CHILD(tree, 3)) &&
+			validate_rparen(CHILD(tree, 4))));
+	}
+	else if (nch == 6) {
+		res = (validate_lparen(CHILD(tree,2)) &&
+			validate_rparen(CHILD(tree,3)));
+	}
     }
     return (res);
 }
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