py: Make compiler return a proper exception on SyntaxError.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/basics/eval1.py b/tests/basics/builtin_eval.py
index 8b9d02e61..8b9d02e61 100644
--- a/tests/basics/eval1.py
+++ b/tests/basics/builtin_eval.py
diff --git a/tests/basics/builtin_eval_error.py b/tests/basics/builtin_eval_error.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e8a8ff0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basics/builtin_eval_error.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# test if eval raises SyntaxError
+
+try:
+    print(eval("[1, *a]"))
+except SyntaxError:
+    print("SyntaxError")