@pablogsal I see that you've been tagged for review. Please see the associated issue for discussion about whether an even more sophisticated error message is possible.

I compiled cpython with this version of the parser and confirmed that it doesn't conflict with other special syntax or indentation errors.

Please add a test. There should be tests in some test_syntax.py file or test_parser.py files (I don't remember where we put them). Just Ctrl+F some error message to find the file.

@picnixz No problem--will do.

I've implemented a test as requested, though I'll hold off on committing or pushing it until we decide on the exact wording of the error message.

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Those last two commits should appear as being from this GitHub account. Let me see if I can delete them and try again.

In general, we avoid force-pushing, but you can do it in this case and amend the commit author and put the correct email address. (Not sure if it could help in this though)

The force push seems to have fixed the problem without any issues.

The usernames for my work and personal email differ by one letter, which is occasionally inconvenient.

• For the detection issue, you should just merge main into that branch with the Update branch button!
• A NEWS entry and a What's New entry could be added in order to indicate that we have an improved message now. I don't have a good wording here though so maybe @hugovk may have some suggestion?

We can draw inspiration from here, I suppose?

What about this? I'm not sure if the blocks need something more realistic than pass.

elif statements that follow an else block now have a specific error message.

>>> if word.startswith('a'):
...     pass
... else:
...     pass
... elif word.startswith('b'):
...     pass
File "<stdin>", line 5
  elif word.startswith('b'):
  ^^^^
SyntaxError: 'elif' block follows an 'else' block

We can draw inspiration from here, I suppose?

Yes that's what I had in mind.

Another possibility is:

>>> if who == "me":
...     print("This is me!")
... else:
...     print("This is not me!")
... elif who is None:
...     print("Who is it?")
File "<stdin>", line 5
  elif who is None:
  ^^^^
SyntaxError: 'elif' block follows an 'else' block

I like that, but I think I'll do "It's me!" and "It's not me!" in honor of Elphaba,

I like that, but I think I'll do "It's me!" and "It's not me!" in honor of Elphaba,

Let's go for this one :)

We also get a subtle homage to Britney :)