#7842: backport fix for py_compile.compile syntax error message handling.

Lib/py_compile.py

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def compile(file, cfile=None, dfile=None, doraise=False):
     try:
         codeobject = __builtin__.compile(codestring, dfile or file,'exec')
     except Exception,err:
-        py_exc = PyCompileError(err.__class__,err.args,dfile or file)
+        py_exc = PyCompileError(err.__class__, err, dfile or file)
         if doraise:
             raise py_exc
         else:

Misc/NEWS

@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #7842: backported fix for py_compile.compile() syntax error handling.
+
 - Issue #13153: Tkinter functions now raise TclError instead of ValueError when
   a unicode argument contains non-BMP character.