[3.9] bpo-46502: Remove "How do I tell incomplete input" from FAQ (GH-30925) (GH-30934)

Since,

- Py_CompileString no longer allows to distinguish "incomplete input"
  from "invalid input"
- there is no alternative solution available from the Python C API
  due to how the new parser works (rewritten in 3.9)
- the only supported way is to manually import the codeop module from C
  and use its API as IDLE does, and accept its own complications

it is desirable to remove this Q&A from the official FAQ..
(cherry picked from commit f0a648152f)

Co-authored-by: Mateusz Łoskot <mateusz@loskot.net>

Co-authored-by: Mateusz Łoskot <mateusz@loskot.net>
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@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ For Red Hat, install the python-devel RPM to get the necessary files.
For Debian, run ``apt-get install python-dev``. For Debian, run ``apt-get install python-dev``.
How do I tell "incomplete input" from "invalid input"? How do I tell "incomplete input" from "invalid input"?
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@ -273,161 +272,6 @@ you. You can also set the :c:func:`PyOS_ReadlineFunctionPointer` to point at you
custom input function. See ``Modules/readline.c`` and ``Parser/myreadline.c`` custom input function. See ``Modules/readline.c`` and ``Parser/myreadline.c``
for more hints. for more hints.
However sometimes you have to run the embedded Python interpreter in the same
thread as your rest application and you can't allow the
:c:func:`PyRun_InteractiveLoop` to stop while waiting for user input. The one
solution then is to call :c:func:`PyParser_ParseString` and test for ``e.error``
equal to ``E_EOF``, which means the input is incomplete. Here's a sample code
fragment, untested, inspired by code from Alex Farber::
#define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
#include <Python.h>
#include <node.h>
#include <errcode.h>
#include <grammar.h>
#include <parsetok.h>
#include <compile.h>
int testcomplete(char *code)
/* code should end in \n */
/* return -1 for error, 0 for incomplete, 1 for complete */
{
node *n;
perrdetail e;
n = PyParser_ParseString(code, &_PyParser_Grammar,
Py_file_input, &e);
if (n == NULL) {
if (e.error == E_EOF)
return 0;
return -1;
}
PyNode_Free(n);
return 1;
}
Another solution is trying to compile the received string with
:c:func:`Py_CompileString`. If it compiles without errors, try to execute the
returned code object by calling :c:func:`PyEval_EvalCode`. Otherwise save the
input for later. If the compilation fails, find out if it's an error or just
more input is required - by extracting the message string from the exception
tuple and comparing it to the string "unexpected EOF while parsing". Here is a
complete example using the GNU readline library (you may want to ignore
**SIGINT** while calling readline())::
#include <stdio.h>
#include <readline.h>
#define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
#include <Python.h>
#include <object.h>
#include <compile.h>
#include <eval.h>
int main (int argc, char* argv[])
{
int i, j, done = 0; /* lengths of line, code */
char ps1[] = ">>> ";
char ps2[] = "... ";
char *prompt = ps1;
char *msg, *line, *code = NULL;
PyObject *src, *glb, *loc;
PyObject *exc, *val, *trb, *obj, *dum;
Py_Initialize ();
loc = PyDict_New ();
glb = PyDict_New ();
PyDict_SetItemString (glb, "__builtins__", PyEval_GetBuiltins ());
while (!done)
{
line = readline (prompt);
if (NULL == line) /* Ctrl-D pressed */
{
done = 1;
}
else
{
i = strlen (line);
if (i > 0)
add_history (line); /* save non-empty lines */
if (NULL == code) /* nothing in code yet */
j = 0;
else
j = strlen (code);
code = realloc (code, i + j + 2);
if (NULL == code) /* out of memory */
exit (1);
if (0 == j) /* code was empty, so */
code[0] = '\0'; /* keep strncat happy */
strncat (code, line, i); /* append line to code */
code[i + j] = '\n'; /* append '\n' to code */
code[i + j + 1] = '\0';
src = Py_CompileString (code, "<stdin>", Py_single_input);
if (NULL != src) /* compiled just fine - */
{
if (ps1 == prompt || /* ">>> " or */
'\n' == code[i + j - 1]) /* "... " and double '\n' */
{ /* so execute it */
dum = PyEval_EvalCode (src, glb, loc);
Py_XDECREF (dum);
Py_XDECREF (src);
free (code);
code = NULL;
if (PyErr_Occurred ())
PyErr_Print ();
prompt = ps1;
}
} /* syntax error or E_EOF? */
else if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches (PyExc_SyntaxError))
{
PyErr_Fetch (&exc, &val, &trb); /* clears exception! */
if (PyArg_ParseTuple (val, "sO", &msg, &obj) &&
!strcmp (msg, "unexpected EOF while parsing")) /* E_EOF */
{
Py_XDECREF (exc);
Py_XDECREF (val);
Py_XDECREF (trb);
prompt = ps2;
}
else /* some other syntax error */
{
PyErr_Restore (exc, val, trb);
PyErr_Print ();
free (code);
code = NULL;
prompt = ps1;
}
}
else /* some non-syntax error */
{
PyErr_Print ();
free (code);
code = NULL;
prompt = ps1;
}
free (line);
}
}
Py_XDECREF(glb);
Py_XDECREF(loc);
Py_Finalize();
exit(0);
}
How do I find undefined g++ symbols __builtin_new or __pure_virtual? How do I find undefined g++ symbols __builtin_new or __pure_virtual?
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