[3.15] gh-152490: Fix TypeError when traceback.py formats SyntaxError(NotImplemented) (GH-152495) (#160009)

gh-152490: Fix TypeError when traceback.py formats SyntaxError(NotImplemented) (GH-152495)

Method traceback.TracebackException._format_syntax_error contains line `msg = self.msg or "<no detail available>"`.
Since 3.14, bool(NotImplemented) raises TypeError and hence so does `self.msg or ...`.  Catch it in a try statement.

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(cherry picked from commit 5503a5e)

Co-authored-by: Aniket <148300120+Aniketsy@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Co-authored-by: Bénédikt Tran <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: 4 people

Lib/test/test_traceback.py

@@ -587,6 +587,13 @@ def test_format_exception_only_exc(self):
         output = traceback.format_exception_only(Exception("projector"))
         self.assertEqual(output, ["Exception: projector\n"])
 
+    @support.subTests("arg", [NotImplemented, "invalid syntax"])
+    def test_format_syntax_error_message(self, arg):
+        exc = SyntaxError(arg)
+        lines = traceback.format_exception_only(type(exc), exc)
+        result = "".join(lines)
+        self.assertIn(str(arg), result)
+
     def test_exception_is_None(self):
         NONE_EXC_STRING = 'NoneType: None\n'
         excfile = StringIO()

Lib/traceback.py

@@ -1600,7 +1600,11 @@ def _format_syntax_error(self, stype, **kwargs):
                     )
                 else:
                     yield '    {}\n'.format(ltext)
-        msg = self.msg or "<no detail available>"
+        try:
+            if not (msg := self.msg):
+                msg = "<no detail available>"
+        except TypeError:
+            pass
         yield "{}{}{}: {}{}{}{}\n".format(
             theme.type,
             stype,

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-28-14-37-01.gh-issue-152490.A8qLbF.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix :exc:`TypeError` when formatting a :exc:`SyntaxError` raised with :data:`NotImplemented` as its argument, which caused unexpected REPL exit and IDLE Shell restart.