Syntax

Generated Thu 16 Jun 2022 06:16:19 UTC

Argument unpacking does not work if the argument being unpacked is the nth or greater argument where n is the number of bits in an MP_SMALL_INT.

Cause: The implementation uses an MP_SMALL_INT to flag args that need to be unpacked.

Workaround: Use fewer arguments.

Sample code:

def example(*args):
    print(len(args))


MORE = ["a", "b", "c"]

example(
    0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
    16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
    32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,
    48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63,
    *MORE,
)

CPy output:	uPy output:
67	Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 21, in <module> SyntaxError: too many args

Operators

MicroPython allows using := to assign to the variable of a comprehension, CPython raises a SyntaxError.

Cause: MicroPython is optimised for code size and doesn’t check this case.

Workaround: Do not rely on this behaviour if writing CPython compatible code.

Sample code:

print([i := -1 for i in range(4)])

CPy output:	uPy output:
File "<stdin>", line 7 SyntaxError: assignment expression cannot rebind comprehension iteration variable 'i'	[-1, -1, -1, -1]

Spaces

uPy requires spaces between literal numbers and keywords, CPy doesn’t

Sample code:

try:
    print(eval("1and 0"))
except SyntaxError:
    print("Should have worked")
try:
    print(eval("1or 0"))
except SyntaxError:
    print("Should have worked")
try:
    print(eval("1if 1else 0"))
except SyntaxError:
    print("Should have worked")

CPy output:	uPy output:
0 1 1	Should have worked Should have worked Should have worked

Unicode

Unicode name escapes are not implemented

Sample code:

print("\N{LATIN SMALL LETTER A}")

CPy output:	uPy output:
a	NotImplementedError: unicode name escapes