Add test cases to make sure we get the right SyntaxError message for
various illegal uses of "continue".
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
index 7ee203c..076f470 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
@@ -86,6 +86,55 @@
try: exec '/\n'
except SyntaxError: pass
+# make sure the right exception message is raised for each of these
+# code fragments:
+
+def ckmsg(src, msg):
+ try:
+ compile(src, '<fragment>', 'exec')
+ except SyntaxError, e:
+ print e.msg
+ if e.msg == msg:
+ print "ok"
+ else:
+ print "expected:", msg
+ else:
+ print "failed to get expected SyntaxError"
+
+s = '''\
+while 1:
+ try:
+ continue
+ except:
+ pass
+'''
+ckmsg(s, "'continue' not supported inside 'try' clause")
+s = '''\
+while 1:
+ try:
+ continue
+ finally:
+ pass
+'''
+ckmsg(s, "'continue' not supported inside 'try' clause")
+s = '''\
+while 1:
+ try:
+ if 1:
+ continue
+ finally:
+ pass
+'''
+ckmsg(s, "'continue' not supported inside 'try' clause")
+s = '''\
+try:
+ continue
+except:
+ pass
+'''
+ckmsg(s, "'continue' not properly in loop")
+ckmsg("continue\n", "'continue' not properly in loop")
+
r(IndentationError)
r(TabError)