[Python-Dev] Revert #12085 fix for del attribute error message (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Tue Sep 24 00:29:55 CEST 2013

On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:38:48 -0700 Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

> But that's because you already know what it's supposed to convey. The > average user doesn't, and only sees "unraisable".

All the more reason to have text in the error message that is easily searchable.

Then I propose "CA6yuaYV6dygPfJRxUrhtg". It should be easily searchable ;-)

Seriously, "easily searchable" is a rather weak criterion for an error message. It should be easily understandable and non-misleading first.

Regards

Antoine.

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