[Python-Dev] unscriptable? (original) (raw)

Benjamin Peterson musiccomposition at gmail.com
Sat Apr 19 01:03:09 CEST 2008


On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Benjamin Peterson <musiccomposition at gmail.com> wrote:

Consider this error: >>> 3["something"] Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in TypeError: 'int' object is unsubscriptable

"unscriptable" seems rather ambiguous. How about "[object] cannot be indexed"? Titus just noticed that I confused "unscriptable" with "unsubscriptable." :P Still, though, unsubscriptable seems to be a Python invented word. What does (un)subscriptable even mean? -- Cheers, Benjamin Peterson

-- Cheers, Benjamin Peterson



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