From 268d85d1e81c71686ec079c63e21d8a4b6bc0a92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:54:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] #992207: document that the parser only accepts \\n newlines. --- Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst index c15f796f00..6ae031739f 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst @@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ The :keyword:`exec` statement This statement supports dynamic execution of Python code. The first expression should evaluate to either a string, an open file object, or a code object. If it is a string, the string is parsed as a suite of Python statements which is -then executed (unless a syntax error occurs). If it is an open file, the file +then executed (unless a syntax error occurs). [#]_ If it is an open file, the file is parsed until EOF and executed. If it is a code object, it is simply executed. In all cases, the code that's executed is expected to be valid as file input (see section :ref:`file-input`). Be aware that the @@ -1004,3 +1004,8 @@ built-in function :func:`eval`. The built-in functions :func:`globals` and which may be useful to pass around for use by :keyword:`exec`. +.. rubric:: Footnotes + +.. [#] Note that the parser only accepts the Unix-style end of line convention. + If you are reading the code from a file, make sure to use universal + newline mode to convert Windows or Mac-style newlines. -- 2.50.0