[Python] Why doesn’t this f-string with double quotes raise a SyntaxError in Python 3.13.3?...

I'm currently following this Python course course from Harvard.

At the point in the video, the instructor shows that the following code should raise a SyntaxError because of the conflicting double quotes inside the f-string:

def main():
student = get_student()
print (f"{student["name"]} from {student["house"]}")

def get_student():
# First I create an empty dict
student = {}
# Then I set the keys
student["name"] = input ("Name: ")
student["house"] = input ("House: ")

return student

if __name__ == "__main__":
main()


According to the instructor (and what I’ve also found online), this line:

print (f"{student["name"]} from {student["house"]}")


shouldn’t work, since the double quotes around name and house conflict with the surrounding double quotes of the f-string.

However, I’m running this in Python 3.13.3, and surprisingly it runs fine. For example, entering Harry and Gryffindor prints: Harry from Gryffindor

No error at all.

Why is this working for me without raising a SyntaxError? Has something changed in Python 3.13 regarding f-strings, or am I misunderstanding something in my setup?

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