#10925: Better error messages for bad arrow plots
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Reporter: kcrisman | Owner: jason, was
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: graphics | Resolution:
Keywords: beginner | Work issues:
Report Upstream: N/A | Reviewers:
Authors: | Merged in:
Dependencies: | Stopgaps:
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Description changed by kcrisman:
Old description:
> The error messages for bad arrow setups are somewhat amusing.
> {{{
> sage: version()
> 'Sage Version 4.6.2, Release Date: 2011-02-25'
> sage: arrow([1,2,1],[2,1])
> ERROR: An unexpected error occurred while tokenizing input
> The following traceback may be corrupted or invalid
> The error message is: ('EOF in multi-line statement', (2, 0))
>
> ERROR: An unexpected error occurred while tokenizing input
> The following traceback may be corrupted or invalid
> The error message is: ('EOF in multi-line statement', (844, 0))
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> TypeError Traceback (most recent call
> last)
>
> /Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
> packages/sage/plot/arrow.pyc in arrow(tailpoint, headpoint, **kwds)
> 342 except ValueError:
> 343 from sage.plot.plot3d.shapes import arrow3d
> --> 344 return arrow3d(tailpoint, headpoint, **kwds)
> 345
> 346 @rename_keyword(color='rgbcolor')
>
> /Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
> packages/sage/misc/decorators.pyc in wrapper(*args, **kwds)
> 571 kwds[new_name] = kwds[old_name]
> 572 del kwds[old_name]
> --> 573 return func(*args, **kwds)
> 574
> 575 return wrapper
>
> /Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
> packages/sage/plot/plot3d/shapes.so in sage.plot.plot3d.shapes.arrow3d
> (sage/plot/plot3d/shapes.c:5870)()
>
> /Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
> packages/sage/structure/element.so in
> sage.structure.element.ModuleElement.__sub__
> (sage/structure/element.c:8080)()
>
> /Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
> packages/sage/structure/coerce.so in
> sage.structure.coerce.CoercionModel_cache_maps.bin_op
> (sage/structure/coerce.c:6996)()
>
> TypeError: unsupported operand parent(s) for '-': 'Vector space of
> dimension 2 over Real Double Field' and 'Vector space of dimension 3 over
> Real Double Field'
> }}}
> and
> {{{sage: arrow([1],[1])
> ERROR: An unexpected error occurred while tokenizing input
> The following traceback may be corrupted or invalid
> The error message is: ('EOF in multi-line statement', (2, 0))
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ArithmeticError Traceback (most recent call
> last)
> /Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
> packages/sage/plot/arrow.pyc in arrow(tailpoint, headpoint, **kwds)
> 342 except ValueError:
> 343 from sage.plot.plot3d.shapes import arrow3d
> --> 344 return arrow3d(tailpoint, headpoint, **kwds)
> 345
> 346 @rename_keyword(color='rgbcolor')
>
> /Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
> packages/sage/misc/decorators.pyc in wrapper(*args, **kwds)
> 571 kwds[new_name] = kwds[old_name]
> 572 del kwds[old_name]
> --> 573 return func(*args, **kwds)
> 574
> 575 return wrapper
>
> /Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
> packages/sage/plot/plot3d/shapes.so in sage.plot.plot3d.shapes.arrow3d
> (sage/plot/plot3d/shapes.c:6038)()
>
> /Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
> packages/sage/modules/free_module_element.so in
> sage.modules.free_module_element.FreeModuleElement.cross_product
> (sage/modules/free_module_element.c:10882)()
>
> ArithmeticError: Cross product only defined for vectors of length three
> or seven, not (3 and 1)
> }}}
> I leave the traces in for those who want to fix this; tentatively saying
> beginner. Ideally, we should plot one-dimensional arrows as well (such
> as how we plot one-dimensional vectors), or should this remain
> impossible?
New description:
The error messages for bad arrow setups are somewhat amusing.
{{{
sage: version()
'Sage Version 4.6.2, Release Date: 2011-02-25'
sage: arrow([1,2,1],[2,1])
ERROR: An unexpected error occurred while tokenizing input
The following traceback may be corrupted or invalid
The error message is: ('EOF in multi-line statement', (2, 0))
ERROR: An unexpected error occurred while tokenizing input
The following traceback may be corrupted or invalid
The error message is: ('EOF in multi-line statement', (844, 0))
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError Traceback (most recent call
last)
/Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
packages/sage/plot/arrow.pyc in arrow(tailpoint, headpoint, **kwds)
342 except ValueError:
343 from sage.plot.plot3d.shapes import arrow3d
--> 344 return arrow3d(tailpoint, headpoint, **kwds)
345
346 @rename_keyword(color='rgbcolor')
/Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
packages/sage/misc/decorators.pyc in wrapper(*args, **kwds)
571 kwds[new_name] = kwds[old_name]
572 del kwds[old_name]
--> 573 return func(*args, **kwds)
574
575 return wrapper
/Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
packages/sage/plot/plot3d/shapes.so in sage.plot.plot3d.shapes.arrow3d
(sage/plot/plot3d/shapes.c:5870)()
/Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
packages/sage/structure/element.so in
sage.structure.element.ModuleElement.__sub__
(sage/structure/element.c:8080)()
/Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
packages/sage/structure/coerce.so in
sage.structure.coerce.CoercionModel_cache_maps.bin_op
(sage/structure/coerce.c:6996)()
TypeError: unsupported operand parent(s) for '-': 'Vector space of
dimension 2 over Real Double Field' and 'Vector space of dimension 3 over
Real Double Field'
}}}
and
{{{
sage: arrow([1],[1])
ERROR: An unexpected error occurred while tokenizing input
The following traceback may be corrupted or invalid
The error message is: ('EOF in multi-line statement', (2, 0))
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ArithmeticError Traceback (most recent call
last)
/Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
packages/sage/plot/arrow.pyc in arrow(tailpoint, headpoint, **kwds)
342 except ValueError:
343 from sage.plot.plot3d.shapes import arrow3d
--> 344 return arrow3d(tailpoint, headpoint, **kwds)
345
346 @rename_keyword(color='rgbcolor')
/Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
packages/sage/misc/decorators.pyc in wrapper(*args, **kwds)
571 kwds[new_name] = kwds[old_name]
572 del kwds[old_name]
--> 573 return func(*args, **kwds)
574
575 return wrapper
/Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
packages/sage/plot/plot3d/shapes.so in sage.plot.plot3d.shapes.arrow3d
(sage/plot/plot3d/shapes.c:6038)()
/Applications/MathApps/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-
packages/sage/modules/free_module_element.so in
sage.modules.free_module_element.FreeModuleElement.cross_product
(sage/modules/free_module_element.c:10882)()
ArithmeticError: Cross product only defined for vectors of length three or
seven, not (3 and 1)
}}}
I leave the traces in for those who want to fix this; tentatively saying
beginner. Ideally, we should plot one-dimensional arrows as well (such as
how we plot one-dimensional vectors), or should this remain impossible?
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