gh-104572: Improve error messages for invalid constructs in PEP 695 contexts (#104573)

3 files changed, 68 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
index f959bbb440..477879db2f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
@@ -1877,6 +1877,68 @@ Invalid bytes literals:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^
    SyntaxError: bytes can only contain ASCII literal characters
 
+Invalid expressions in type scopes:
+
+   >>> type A[T: (x:=3)] = int
+   Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+   SyntaxError: named expression cannot be used within a TypeVar bound
+
+   >>> type A[T: (yield 3)] = int
+   Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+   SyntaxError: yield expression cannot be used within a TypeVar bound
+
+   >>> type A[T: (await 3)] = int
+   Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+   SyntaxError: await expression cannot be used within a TypeVar bound
+
+   >>> type A[T: (yield from [])] = int
+   Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+   SyntaxError: yield expression cannot be used within a TypeVar bound
+
+   >>> type A = (x := 3)
+   Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+   SyntaxError: named expression cannot be used within a type alias
+
+   >>> type A = (yield 3)
+   Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+   SyntaxError: yield expression cannot be used within a type alias
+
+   >>> type A = (await 3)
+   Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+   SyntaxError: await expression cannot be used within a type alias
+
+   >>> type A = (yield from [])
+   Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+   SyntaxError: yield expression cannot be used within a type alias
+
+   >>> class A[T]((x := 3)): ...
+   Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+   SyntaxError: named expression cannot be used within the definition of a generic
+
+   >>> class A[T]((yield 3)): ...
+   Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+   SyntaxError: yield expression cannot be used within the definition of a generic
+
+   >>> class A[T]((await 3)): ...
+   Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+   SyntaxError: await expression cannot be used within the definition of a generic
+
+   >>> class A[T]((yield from [])): ...
+   Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+   SyntaxError: yield expression cannot be used within the definition of a generic
+
 """
 
 import re
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-05-16-19-17-48.gh-issue-104572.eBZQYS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-05-16-19-17-48.gh-issue-104572.eBZQYS.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25bad8aa6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-05-16-19-17-48.gh-issue-104572.eBZQYS.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Improve syntax error message for invalid constructs in :pep:`695` contexts
+and in annotations when ``from __future__ import annotations`` is active.
diff --git a/Python/symtable.c b/Python/symtable.c
index 3451f6c7bf..f896f7cbe3 100644
--- a/Python/symtable.c
+++ b/Python/symtable.c
@@ -45,16 +45,16 @@
 "assignment expression cannot be used in a comprehension iterable expression"
 
 #define ANNOTATION_NOT_ALLOWED \
-"'%s' can not be used within an annotation"
+"%s cannot be used within an annotation"
 
 #define TYPEVAR_BOUND_NOT_ALLOWED \
-"'%s' can not be used within a TypeVar bound"
+"%s cannot be used within a TypeVar bound"
 
 #define TYPEALIAS_NOT_ALLOWED \
-"'%s' can not be used within a type alias"
+"%s cannot be used within a type alias"
 
 #define TYPEPARAM_NOT_ALLOWED \
-"'%s' can not be used within the definition of a generic"
+"%s cannot be used within the definition of a generic"
 
 #define DUPLICATE_TYPE_PARAM \
 "duplicate type parameter '%U'"