# SYNTAX_ERROR

The file is not valid Python, or not UTF-8 text.

## What happened

The file is not valid Python, or is not text in UTF-8. Nothing else can be checked until it is.

## What to do

Fix the syntax at the line the message names. The message is Python's own.

## Example

```text
strategy.py, line 3: invalid syntax [SYNTAX_ERROR]
```

The wording of the message depends on your file, and the code does not. An error stops the file from loading.