Some syntax errors were being caught by tokenize during the tabnanny
check, resulting in obscure error messages. Do the syntax check
first. Bug 1562716, 1562719 Backport of r52083
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 42c291b..178aee4 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
*Release date: XX-FEB-2008*
+- Some syntax errors were being caught by tokenize during the tabnanny
+ check, resulting in obscure error messages. Do the syntax check
+ first. Bug 1562716, 1562719 (backport r52083)
+
- Patch 1693258: Fix for duplicate "preferences" menu-OS X. Backport of r56204.
- OSX: Avoid crash for those versions of Tcl/Tk which don't have a console