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Redundant File ..., line N block in SyntaxError output #14994
Description
What's the problem this feature will solve?
Since #14899 the crash line already carries file:line:col, making the E-block's File/source/caret lines redundant:
E File "package/lib.py", line 1
E def broken(:
E ^
E SyntaxError: invalid syntax
package/lib.py:1:12: SyntaxError: invalid syntaxDescribe the solution you'd like
Omit the File block when the crash line carries the error's own file+line, keep it on the fallback path so no info is ever lost.
Alternative Solutions
Leave as is (stdlib default).
Activity
avenet commentedon Oct 16, 2026
Proposed scope for this follow-up (after #14899):
File "...", line Nheader during collection (importtestmodule), and only when thefile:line:colcrash line is appended (reprcrash.column is not None).def broken(:/^) — they are the only place the user's code appears in a collection error.--tb=long/--tb=shortunchanged: there the location line is still the test frame, so theFileline is not redundant.ExceptionInfo.exconly/--tb=nativeunchanged.Target collection output:
Does this scope look right before a PR?