On 25 October 2016 at 20:17, Nathaniel Smith <n...@pobox.com> wrote: > I get that this list's default is to push > back on proposed changes, and it's a good principle in general, but > "improved error messages" are *really* cheap. The bar should be pretty > low, IMO. If someone's willing to do the work to make the error > messages friendlier, while addressing technical considerations like > the repr issue, then that's awesome, and if that means that users get > somewhat redundant information to help them debug then... cool? > Terseness per se is not a cardinal virtue :-).
Agreed, improved error messages are always worthwhile. There may be issues (you mentioned one earlier in your message), but typically they are about implementation, not about the principle, so I'd say go ahead and implement the proposal, post it at bugs.python.org, and things like that can be thrashed out in code review. For people who don't have the knowledge to actually code the change, a feature request on the tracker is probably a fine start. Paul _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
