diff --git a/test/bytecode_3.8_run/05_long_literals.pyc b/test/bytecode_3.8_run/05_long_literals.pyc
index 665b3767..38c0ed30 100644
Binary files a/test/bytecode_3.8_run/05_long_literals.pyc and b/test/bytecode_3.8_run/05_long_literals.pyc differ
diff --git a/test/simple_source/expression/05_long_literals.py b/test/simple_source/expression/05_long_literals.py
index 24c4e3c6..f03d4493 100644
--- a/test/simple_source/expression/05_long_literals.py
+++ b/test/simple_source/expression/05_long_literals.py
@@ -726,9 +726,12 @@ values = {
 
 assert sorted(values.values())[1:] == list(range(2, 34))
 
+def assert_equal(x, y):
+    assert x == y
 
 # Check that we can distinguish names from strings in literal collections, e.g. lists.
 # The list has to have more than 4 items to get accumulated in a collection
 a = ["y", 'Exception', "x", Exception, "z"]
-assert a[1] == "Exception"
-assert a[3] == Exception
+
+assert_equal(a[1], "Exception")
+assert_equal(a[3], Exception)
diff --git a/uncompyle6/semantics/n_actions.py b/uncompyle6/semantics/n_actions.py
index 54a160ba..44cf12c7 100644
--- a/uncompyle6/semantics/n_actions.py
+++ b/uncompyle6/semantics/n_actions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#  Copyright (c) 2022 by Rocky Bernstein
+#  Copyright (c) 2022-2023 by Rocky Bernstein
 #
 #  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class NonterminalActions:
         # * class_name - the name of the class
         # * subclass_info - the parameters to the class  e.g.
         #      class Foo(bar, baz)
-        #             -----------
+        #            ------------
         # * subclass_code - the code for the subclass body
 
         if node == "classdefdeco2":
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class NonterminalActions:
             subclass_code = build_class[-3][1].attr
             class_name = node[0][0].pattr
         else:
-            raise "Internal Error n_classdef: cannot find class name"
+            raise RuntimeError("Internal Error n_classdef: cannot find class name")
 
         if node == "classdefdeco2":
             self.write("\n")
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ class NonterminalActions:
         else:
             # from trepan.api import debug; debug()
             raise TypeError(
-                f"Internal Error: n_const_list expects dict, list set, or set; got {lastnodetype}"
+                ("Internal Error: n_const_list expects dict, list set, or set; got "
+                 f"{lastnodetype}")
             )
 
         self.indent_more(INDENT_PER_LEVEL)
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ class NonterminalActions:
                 if elem == "add_value":
                     elem = elem[0]
                 if elem == "ADD_VALUE":
-                    if self.version[0] == 2:
+                    if self.version < (3, 0, 0):
                         value = "%r" % elem.pattr
                     else:
                         value = "%s" % elem.pattr