[Python-Dev] Reasons behind misleading TypeError message when passing the wrong number of arguments to a method (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Thu May 20 09:26:22 CEST 2010

John Arbash Meinel wrote:

Because you wouldn't want to have

A.echo() Say that it takes 1 argument and (-1 given) ?

Something like "1 argument in addition to 'self'" would be reasonably clear and would cover both situations.

+1 on fixing this from me, too. Even when you understand exactly what's going on, it's annoying having to make the mental adjustment every time.

-- Greg

More information about the Python-Dev mailing list