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  r75472 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-10-17 19:32:49 -0500 (Sat, 17 Oct 2009) | 1 line

  correct porting error with raise #7161
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diff --git a/Lib/codeop.py b/Lib/codeop.py
index 780c862..fb759da 100644
--- a/Lib/codeop.py
+++ b/Lib/codeop.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     if code:
         return code
     if not code1 and repr(err1) == repr(err2):
-        raise SyntaxError(err1)
+        raise err1
 
 def _compile(source, filename, symbol):
     return compile(source, filename, symbol, PyCF_DONT_IMPLY_DEDENT)