old_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  #
  # __COPYRIGHT__
  #
  # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
  # a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
  # "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
  # without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
  # distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
  # permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
  # the following conditions:
  #
  # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
  # in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  #
  # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
  # KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
  # WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
  # NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
  # LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
  # OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
  # WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  #
  
  __revision__ = "__FILE__ __REVISION__ __DATE__ __DEVELOPER__"
  
  """
  Verify the exit status and error output if an SConstruct file
  throws a SyntaxError (contains improper Python code).
  """
  
  import TestSCons
  
  test = TestSCons.TestSCons(match = TestSCons.match_re_dotall)
  
  test.write('SConstruct', """
  a ! x
  """)
  
  test.run(stdout = "scons: Reading SConscript files ...\n",
           stderr = """  File ".+SConstruct", line 2
  
      a ! x
  
        \^
  
  SyntaxError: invalid syntax
  
  """, status=2)
  
  test.pass_test()
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  #
  # __COPYRIGHT__
  #
  # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
  # a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
  # "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
  # without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
  # distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
  # permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
  # the following conditions:
  #
  # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
  # in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  #
  # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
  # KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
  # WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
  # NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
  # LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
  # OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
  # WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  #
  
  __revision__ = "__FILE__ __REVISION__ __DATE__ __DEVELOPER__"
  
  """
  Verify the exit status and error output if an SConstruct file
  throws a SyntaxError (contains improper Python code).
  """
  
  import TestSCons
  
  test = TestSCons.TestSCons(match = TestSCons.match_re_dotall)
  
  test.write('SConstruct', """
  a ! x
  """)
  
  # It looks like vanilla Python 2.2 is the only version that
  # puts "<string>" here in place of the file name.
  test.run(stdout = "scons: Reading SConscript files ...\n",
           stderr = """  File "(.+SConstruct|<string>)", line 2
  
      a ! x
  
        \^
  
  SyntaxError: invalid syntax
  
  """, status=2)
  
  test.pass_test()
  
subject: Fix a Python 2.2 quirk in the reported file name ("<string>") when encountering a SyntaxError in a SConstruct file.