In article <jbqui9$33c$1...@reader1.panix.com>, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 2011-12-08, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > > On Thursday, December 8, 2011 10:03:38 AM UTC-5, Jean-Michel Pichavant > > wrote: > >> string are iterable, considering this, the error is correct. > > > > Yes, I understand that the exception is correct. I'm not saying the > > exception should be changed, just that we have the opportunity to produce a > > more useful error message. The exception would be equally correct if it > > was: > > > > ValueError: you did something wrong > > My favorite is still the old classic error from and old Unix printer > port driver: > > "lp0 on fire" Well, if you're going to go there, ed had (and probably still does) have but a single all-purpose error message: "?". The old v6 unix chess program was somewhat more verbose. It said, "eh?" (unless I'm mixing that up with something else). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
