Function raisesSyntaxError

extra_tests/snippets/syntax_forbidden_name.py:3–8

(parse_stmt, exec_stmt=None)

from testutils import assert_raises

def raisesSyntaxError(parse_stmt, exec_stmt=None):
    with assert_raises(SyntaxError):
        compile(parse_stmt, '<test>', 'exec')
        if exec_stmt is not None:
            source = "\n".join([parse_stmt, exec_stmt])
            exec(source)

# Check that errors are raised during parsing.
raisesSyntaxError("def f(**__debug__): pass")