[issue42118] TypeError gives wrong reserved name

[Eric V. Smith]

Eric V. Smith  added the comment:

Unfortunately there's not much that can be done about this. The code that 
writes that error message only knows about objects, which don't have names, 
only types and values.

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[issue42118] TypeError gives wrong reserved name

[Jason Schwefel]

Jason Schwefel  added the comment:

>What do you expect to gain with the "int = ''" statement?

I did not expect anything. I made a mistake in my initial code and the error 
message indicated that I rebound 'str'. I could not find where I had used 'str' 
as a variable name. If it would have said 'int', as that was the function that 
I rebound as a variable name, I would have immediately known what to look for.

I understand that it is mostly cosmetic, but I am sure I am not the first 
person that went down the wrong path because of this. 

I understand that I was using the variable named 'int' as a string and 
therefore referencing it as 'str' object is technically correct. However, I am 
still relatively new to Python, as many others are, and the the error message 
could be a bit more clear.

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[issue42118] TypeError gives wrong reserved name

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger  added the comment:

Closing as "not a bug".

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resolution:  -> not a bug
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[issue42118] TypeError gives wrong reserved name

[Eric V. Smith]

Eric V. Smith  added the comment:

I should point out that this is the same as doing:

>>> ''()
:1: SyntaxWarning: 'str' object is not callable; perhaps you missed a 
comma?
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

Except for the SyntaxWarning part, where the compiler is trying to be helpful.

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[issue42118] TypeError gives wrong reserved name

[Eric V. Smith]

Eric V. Smith  added the comment:

You've rebound "int" to a string. I think the error message is correct.

Here's a simpler case:

>>> int = ''
>>> int
''
>>> int()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

What do you expect to gain with the "int = ''" statement?

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[issue42118] TypeError gives wrong reserved name

[Jason Schwefel]

New submission from Jason Schwefel :

The following code gives a "TypeError: 'str' object is not callable" exception:

int = ''
s = '3500:day'
a = s.split(':')
i = int(a[0])

Proper exception message should be "TypeError: 'int' object is not callable" 

Only able to test on 3.8 and 3.9

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nosy: jason.schwefel78
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title: TypeError gives wrong reserved name
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.8, Python 3.9

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