[Python-Dev] a strange case (original) (raw)

Fred L. Drake, Jr. fred@zope.com
Fri, 16 May 2003 14:49:38 -0400

I wrote:

Here's a strange case we just ran across, led along by a typo in an import statement. This is using the head of the 2.2.x maintenance branch; I've not tested this against the trunk yet.

Ok, the trunk does a little better, but the error message is a little confusing:

Python 2.3b1+ (#2, May 16 2003, 14:42:51) [GCC 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-113)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import os class Foo(os): ... pass ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? TypeError: function takes at most 2 arguments (3 given) class Foo(os, sys): ... pass ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? TypeError: function takes at most 2 arguments (3 given)

-Fred

-- Fred L. Drake, Jr. PythonLabs at Zope Corporation