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gh-98931: Improve error message when the user types 'import x from y' instead of 'from y import x'#98932

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gh-98931: Improve error message when the user types 'import x from y' instead of 'from y import x'#98932
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Good one! Just one suggestion for the error message.

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RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR_KNOWN_LOCATION(a, "cannot use double starred expression here") }
invalid_import:
| a='import' dotted_name 'from' dotted_name {
RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR_STARTING_FROM(a, "Did you meant to use 'from ... import ...' instead?") }

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Ditto in tests and docs.

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RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR_STARTING_FROM(a, "Did you meant to use 'from ... import ...' instead?") }
RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR_STARTING_FROM(a, "Did you mean to use 'from ... import ...' instead?") }

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Done! Thanks for the review :)

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Of course! I think you missed the one in whatsnew?

fixup! pythongh-98931: Improve error message when the user types 'imp… …
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…ort x from y' instead of 'from y import x'
fixup! fixup! pythongh-98931: Improve error message when the user typ… …
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…es 'import x from y' instead of 'from y import x'

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Will fix the doctest tomorrow

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Update Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst …
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Co-authored-by: Charlie Zhao <zhaoyu_hit@qq.com>
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Go!

pablogsal merged commit 395d428 into python:main Nov 1, 2022
pablogsal deleted the gh-98931 branch November 1, 2022 13:01

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