bpo-42864: Improve error messages regarding unclosed parentheses (GH-24161)

Lib/test/test_codeop.py

@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ class CodeopTests(unittest.TestCase):
         ai("","eval")
         ai("\n","eval")
         ai("(","eval")
-        ai("(\n\n\n","eval")
         ai("(9+","eval")
         ai("9+ \\","eval")
         ai("lambda z: \\","eval")

Lib/test/test_grammar.py

@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ the \'lazy\' dog.\n\
         for s in samples:
             with self.assertRaises(SyntaxError) as cm:
                 compile(s, "<test>", "exec")
-            self.assertIn("unexpected EOF", str(cm.exception))
+            self.assertIn("was never closed", str(cm.exception))
 
 var_annot_global: int # a global annotated is necessary for test_var_annot
 

Lib/test/test_pdb.py

@@ -1649,10 +1649,10 @@ def bœr():
 
         self.assertEqual(stdout.splitlines()[1:], [
             '-> pass',
-            '(Pdb) *** SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing',
+            '(Pdb) *** SyntaxError: \'(\' was never closed',
 
             '(Pdb) ENTERING RECURSIVE DEBUGGER',
-            '*** SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing',
+            '*** SyntaxError: \'(\' was never closed',
             'LEAVING RECURSIVE DEBUGGER',
 
             '(Pdb) ENTERING RECURSIVE DEBUGGER',

Lib/test/test_syntax.py

@@ -987,6 +987,14 @@ def func2():
         self._check_error("A.\u03bc\\\n",
                           "unexpected EOF while parsing")
 
+    def test_error_parenthesis(self):
+        for paren in "([{":
+            self._check_error(paren + "1 + 2", f"\\{paren}' was never closed")
+
+        for paren in ")]}":
+            self._check_error(paren + "1 + 2", f"unmatched '\\{paren}'")
+
+
 def test_main():
     support.run_unittest(SyntaxTestCase)
     from test import test_syntax

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-14-23-15-34.bpo-42864.QgOAQ1.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Improve error messages in the parser when parentheses are not closed. Patch
+by Pablo Galindo.

Parser/pegen.c

@@ -265,6 +265,16 @@ raise_decode_error(Parser *p)
     return -1;
 }
 
+static inline void
+raise_unclosed_parentheses_error(Parser *p) {
+       int error_lineno = p->tok->parenlinenostack[p->tok->level-1];
+       int error_col = p->tok->parencolstack[p->tok->level-1];
+       RAISE_ERROR_KNOWN_LOCATION(p, PyExc_SyntaxError,
+                                  error_lineno, error_col,
+                                  "'%c' was never closed",
+                                  p->tok->parenstack[p->tok->level-1]);
+}
+
 static void
 raise_tokenizer_init_error(PyObject *filename)
 {
@@ -324,7 +334,11 @@ tokenizer_error(Parser *p)
             RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR("EOL while scanning string literal");
             return -1;
         case E_EOF:
-            RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR("unexpected EOF while parsing");
+            if (p->tok->level) {
+                raise_unclosed_parentheses_error(p);
+            } else {
+                RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR("unexpected EOF while parsing");
+            }
             return -1;
         case E_DEDENT:
             RAISE_INDENTATION_ERROR("unindent does not match any outer indentation level");
@@ -1151,6 +1165,52 @@ reset_parser_state(Parser *p)
     p->call_invalid_rules = 1;
 }
 
+static int
+_PyPegen_check_tokenizer_errors(Parser *p) {
+    // Tokenize the whole input to see if there are any tokenization
+    // errors such as mistmatching parentheses. These will get priority
+    // over generic syntax errors only if the line number of the error is
+    // before the one that we had for the generic error.
+
+    // We don't want to tokenize to the end for interactive input
+    if (p->tok->prompt != NULL) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+
+    Token *current_token = p->known_err_token != NULL ? p->known_err_token : p->tokens[p->fill - 1];
+    Py_ssize_t current_err_line = current_token->lineno;
+
+    // Save the tokenizer state to restore them later in case we found nothing
+    struct tok_state saved_tok;
+    memcpy(&saved_tok, p->tok, sizeof(struct tok_state));
+
+    for (;;) {
+        const char *start;
+        const char *end;
+        switch (PyTokenizer_Get(p->tok, &start, &end)) {
+            case ERRORTOKEN:
+                if (p->tok->level != 0) {
+                    int error_lineno = p->tok->parenlinenostack[p->tok->level-1];
+                    if (current_err_line > error_lineno) {
+                        raise_unclosed_parentheses_error(p);
+                        return -1;
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            case ENDMARKER:
+                break;
+            default:
+                continue;
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
+    // Restore the tokenizer state
+    memcpy(p->tok, &saved_tok, sizeof(struct tok_state));
+    return 0;
+}
+
 void *
 _PyPegen_run_parser(Parser *p)
 {
@@ -1164,8 +1224,12 @@ _PyPegen_run_parser(Parser *p)
         if (p->fill == 0) {
             RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR("error at start before reading any input");
         }
-        else if (p->tok->done == E_EOF) {
+       else if (p->tok->done == E_EOF) {
-            RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR("unexpected EOF while parsing");
+            if (p->tok->level) {
+                raise_unclosed_parentheses_error(p);
+            } else {
+                RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR("unexpected EOF while parsing");
+            }
         }
         else {
             if (p->tokens[p->fill-1]->type == INDENT) {
@@ -1175,6 +1239,9 @@ _PyPegen_run_parser(Parser *p)
                 RAISE_INDENTATION_ERROR("unexpected unindent");
             }
             else {
+                if (_PyPegen_check_tokenizer_errors(p)) {
+                    return NULL;
+                }
                 RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR("invalid syntax");
             }
         }

Parser/tokenizer.c

@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ tok_new(void)
     tok->tabsize = TABSIZE;
     tok->indent = 0;
     tok->indstack[0] = 0;
-
     tok->atbol = 1;
     tok->pendin = 0;
     tok->prompt = tok->nextprompt = NULL;
@@ -1396,6 +1395,9 @@ tok_get(struct tok_state *tok, const char **p_start, const char **p_end)
 
     /* Check for EOF and errors now */
     if (c == EOF) {
+        if (tok->level) {
+            return ERRORTOKEN;
+        }
         return tok->done == E_EOF ? ENDMARKER : ERRORTOKEN;
     }
 
@@ -1818,6 +1820,7 @@ tok_get(struct tok_state *tok, const char **p_start, const char **p_end)
         }
         tok->parenstack[tok->level] = c;
         tok->parenlinenostack[tok->level] = tok->lineno;
+        tok->parencolstack[tok->level] = tok->start - tok->line_start;
         tok->level++;
         break;
     case ')':

Parser/tokenizer.h

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct tok_state {
             /* Used to allow free continuations inside them */
     char parenstack[MAXLEVEL];
     int parenlinenostack[MAXLEVEL];
+    int parencolstack[MAXLEVEL];
     PyObject *filename;
     /* Stuff for checking on different tab sizes */
     int altindstack[MAXINDENT];         /* Stack of alternate indents */