Issue #16180: Exit pdb if file has syntax error, instead of trapping user
in an infinite loop. Patch by Xavier de Gaye.
diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index e28564b..7d58c2a 100755
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -1669,6 +1669,9 @@
# In most cases SystemExit does not warrant a post-mortem session.
print("The program exited via sys.exit(). Exit status:", end=' ')
print(sys.exc_info()[1])
+ except SyntaxError:
+ traceback.print_exc()
+ sys.exit(1)
except:
traceback.print_exc()
print("Uncaught exception. Entering post mortem debugging")