On 6 Jan 2006 07:30:41 -0800 "KraftDiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've spent hours trying to find a bug that was a simple > spelling mistake.
You're not the first. ;-) > in an init method I declare a variable self.someLongName > > later in a different method of the class I use > self.sumLongName > Now I really meant self.someLongName. > In fact I don't want a variable called sumLongName. > Frankly how are you ever to know if this type of error is > occuring? Both "unit tests" and "interfaces" are useful for catching simple errors like this one. There is a 'unittest' module in the Python standard library, and 'interface' modules are available from the Zope 3 project and PyProtocols, both are good. Once you know you have a problem like this (or you've decided to change a spelling), you can track down the problem using grep, fix it with sed or use Python itself to do the job if you really want to. I once misspelled a name in a set of API methods, which was very embarrassing (I spelled "fovea" as "fovia"). So then I had to go through and change it, and report it in as an API change so that a "patch" became a "minor version upgrade". Duh. Next time I use a dictionary before freezing an API! Cheers, Terry -- Terry Hancock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list