New submission from djc <dirk...@ochtman.nl>:
>>> a = 'b'
>>> [].index(a)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: list.index(x): x not in list
This is suboptimal. IMO it would be much more useful if the ValueError
reported the actual value that wasn't in the list, like this:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: list.index('b'): 'b' not in list
The error in general doesn't really seem to fit in, repeating the code
but with a fake variable name in it. In real contexts, it's mostly just
repeating what's there on a previous line:
File "/home/watt/src/dawkins/ttlib.py", line 86, in shift
bits.append(SHIFTS.index(rest.split('_')[0]))
ValueError: list.index(x): x not in list
So maybe just make it "'b' not in list"? Or do we really need a
reference to the index() method in there?
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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 94825
nosy: djc
severity: normal
status: open
title: list().index() should provide better error reporting
versions: Python 2.6
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