Since IndexError and KeyError are conceptually like ValueError but in
a more narrowly defined context, I think IndexError and KeyError
actually make sense here (even though they don't inherit from
ValueError).
--Guido
On 9/3/07, Eric Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ron Adam points out some differences in which exceptions are thrown by
> str.format and string.Formatter. For example, on a missing positional
> argument:
>
> >>> "{0}".format()
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> ValueError: Not enough positional arguments in format string
>
> >>> Formatter().format("{0}")
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> File "/shared/src/python/py3k/Lib/string.py", line 201, in format
> return self.vformat(format_string, args, kwargs)
> File "/shared/src/python/py3k/Lib/string.py", line 220, in vformat
> obj, arg_used = self.get_field(field_name, args, kwargs)
> File "/shared/src/python/py3k/Lib/string.py", line 278, in get_field
> obj = self.get_value(first, args, kwargs)
> File "/shared/src/python/py3k/Lib/string.py", line 235, in get_value
> return args[key]
> IndexError: tuple index out of range
>
> The PEP says: In general, exceptions generated by the formatter code
> itself are of the "ValueError" variety -- there is an error in the
> actual "value" of the format string.
>
> I can easily change string.Formatter to make this a ValueError, and I
> think that's probably the right thing to do. For example, if the string
> comes from a translation module, then there might be an extra parameter
> added by mistake, in which case ValueError seems right to me.
>
> But I'd like to hear if anyone else thinks this should be an IndexError,
> or maybe they both should be some other exception.
>
> Similarly "{x}".format()' currently raises ValueError, but
> 'Formatter().format("{x}")' raises KeyError.
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