Commit 268d85d1 authored by Georg Brandl's avatar Georg Brandl

#992207: document that the parser only accepts \\n newlines.

parent 2839985c
......@@ -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.
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