--- a/src/eric7/Plugins/CheckerPlugins/SyntaxChecker/pyCheckSyntax.py	Mon Apr 22 15:15:36 2024 +0200
+++ b/src/eric7/Plugins/CheckerPlugins/SyntaxChecker/pyCheckSyntax.py	Mon Apr 22 18:23:20 2024 +0200
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
             for conflictMarkerRe in VcsConflictMarkerRegExpList:
                 conflict = conflictMarkerRe.search(codestring)
                 if conflict is not None:
-                    start, i = conflict.span()
+                    start, _i = conflict.span()
                     lineindex = 1 + codestring.count("\n", 0, start)
                     return [
                         {