Spyder error: a general error while running any code

[egesoydemir]

While running any code (in my case parsing an rdf file), it runs well however, every time I run a code I get this error:

File "/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/qtconsole/base_frontend_mixin.py", line 163, in _dispatch
handler(msg)
File "/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spyder/widgets/ipythonconsole/namespacebrowser.py", line 220, in _handle_execute_reply
self.handle_exec_method(msg)
File "/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spyder/widgets/ipythonconsole/shell.py", line 354, in handle_exec_method
view = ast.literal_eval(literal)
File "/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/ast.py", line 85, in literal_eval
return _convert(node_or_string)
File "/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/ast.py", line 66, in _convert
in zip(node.keys, node.values))
File "/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/ast.py", line 65, in
return dict((_convert(k), _convert(v)) for k, v
File "/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/ast.py", line 66, in _convert
in zip(node.keys, node.values))
File "/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/ast.py", line 65, in
return dict((_convert(k), _convert(v)) for k, v
File "/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/ast.py", line 84, in _convert
raise ValueError('malformed node or string: ' + repr(node))
ValueError: malformed node or string: <_ast.Call object at 0x183118cba8>

Version and main components

• Spyder Version: 3.2.4
• Python Version: 3.6.3
• Qt Versions: 5.6.2, PyQt5 5.6 on Darwin

Dependencies

pyflakes >=0.6.0 :  1.6.0 (OK)
pycodestyle >=2.3:  2.3.1 (OK)
pygments >=2.0   :  2.2.0 (OK)
pandas >=0.13.1  :  0.20.3 (OK)
numpy >=1.7      :  1.13.3 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6   :  1.6.3 (OK)
rope >=0.9.4     :  0.10.5 (OK)
jedi >=0.9.0     :  0.10.2 (OK)
psutil >=0.3     :  5.4.0 (OK)
nbconvert >=4.0  :  5.3.1 (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3    :  1.1.1 (OK)
cython >=0.21    :  0.26.1 (OK)
qtconsole >=4.2.0:  4.3.1 (OK)
IPython >=4.0    :  6.1.0 (OK)
pylint >=0.25    :  1.7.4 (OK)

[ccordoba12]

This is fixed in our latest version (3.2.8). Please update by opening Terminal.app and running there

conda update spyder

[CAM-Gerlach]

Duplicate of #5636 , fixed in Spyder 3.2.6