prevert ast errors from being normalized before ast_error_finish is called (closes #15846)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #15846: Fix SystemError which happened when using ast.parse in an
+ exception handler on code with syntax errors.
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- Issue #15761: Fix crash when PYTHONEXECUTABLE is set on Mac OS X.
- Issue #15801: Make sure mappings passed to '%' formatting are actually