> Is it a known fact that ast.parse doesn't handle line continuations and some multi-line
> expressions?
> For instance, he doesn't like
>     for (x,
>          y) in each([1,
>                      2]):
>         print(1)
> at all.
> Is there a workaround besides "repairing" the code on the fly?

> Kiuhnm

>>> import ast
>>> code="""for (x,

>>> ast.parse(code)

> On 9-4-2012 13:53, Kiuhnm wrote:
>> Is it a known fact that ast.parse doesn't handle line continuations and some multi-line
>> expressions?
>> For instance, he doesn't like
>>      for (x,
>>           y) in each([1,
>>                       2]):
>>          print(1)
>> at all.
>> Is there a workaround besides "repairing" the code on the fly?

>> Kiuhnm

> What Python version are you using and what is the exact error? It works fine here
> (Python 2.7.2):

>>>> import ast
>>>> code="""for (x,
> ...          y) in each([1,
> ...                      2]):
> ...         print(1)"""
>>>> ast.parse(code)
> <_ast.Module object at 0x02418A10>