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Currently, when users make typos in Python keywords, they receive generic "invalid syntax" error messages without any helpful suggestions about what might be wrong. This creates a frustrating experience, especially for beginners who might not immediately recognize that they've misspelled a keyword.
For example, typing whille True: instead of while True: would currently result in a generic syntax error without any hint that the problem is a misspelled keyword.
I propose to start raising errors like these:
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pablogsal/github/python/main/check.py", line 18, in test_mistyped_program
exec(code_example)
~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<string>", line 2
asynch def fetch_data():
^^^^^^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax. Did you mean 'async'?
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pablogsal/github/python/main/check.py", line 18, in test_mistyped_program
exec(code_example)
~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<string>", line 6
result = awaid fetch_data()
^^^^^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax. Did you mean 'await'?
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finally:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pablogsal/github/python/main/check.py", line 18, in test_mistyped_program
exec(code_example)
~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<string>", line 6
finaly:
^^^^^^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax. Did you mean 'finally'?
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pablogsal/github/python/main/check.py", line 18, in test_mistyped_program
exec(code_example)
~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<string>", line 4
raisee ValueError("Value cannot be negative")
^^^^^^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax. Did you mean 'raise'?
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