TabError behavior doesn't match documentation

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4/5
Estimated time
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Newbie friendliness
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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
compilers

Research direction

The payload names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reading the migrated BPO issue 24260 and its 15-message history, then compare the documented TabError behavior with the current CPython interpreter; the issue does not define a concrete completion criterion.

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Description

3.7 (EOL) interpreter-core type-bug
BPO 24260
Nosy @facundobatista, @bitdancer, @vadmium, @serhiy-storchaka

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2015-05-21.21:45:51.737>
labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-bug', '3.7']
title = "TabError behavior doesn't match documentation"
updated_at = <Date 2021-03-13.23:58:50.534>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/abacabadabacaba'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2021-03-13.23:58:50.534>
actor = 'facundobatista'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Interpreter Core']
creation = <Date 2015-05-21.21:45:51.737>
creator = 'abacabadabacaba'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 24260
keywords = []
message_count = 15.0
messages = ['243794', '243906', '243907', '243908', '243991', '243995', '244007', '244009', '244097', '306416', '306417', '306421', '306422', '354840', '388639']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['facundobatista', 'r.david.murray', 'abacabadabacaba', 'martin.panter', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'Mikko Rantalainen']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'low'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue24260'
versions = ['Python 3.7']

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