[issue32496] lib2to3 fails to parse a ** of a conditional expression

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[issue32496] lib2to3 fails to parse a ** of a conditional expression

Ori Avtalion added the comment: This can be circumvented by adding parenthesis: dummy(**(kwargs if kwargs else dict())) -- nosy: +salty-horse ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue32496] lib2to3 fails to parse a ** of a conditional expression

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[issue32496] lib2to3 fails to parse a ** of a conditional expression

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[issue32496] lib2to3 fails to parse a ** of a conditional expression

New submission from Gregory P. Smith : see the attached sample code demonstrating the problem. basically lib2to3 fails to parse: dummy(**kwargs if kwargs else dict()) with an error like: raise ParseError("bad input", type, value, context) lib2to3.pgen2.parse.ParseError: bad input: type=