Mark Diekhans <ma...@kermodei.com> added the comment: The trackback is not helpful if the attribute name is in a variable. It also doesn't explain why the error occurred.
While I would not rate this as a high priority, I don't see an argument for having uninformative error messages. Raymond Hettinger <rep...@bugs.python.org> writes: > > Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettin...@gmail.com> added the comment: > > Usually, all the necessary information is present in the previous line of the > traceback: > > >>> a.volume = 10 > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#6>", line 1, in <module> > a.volume = 10 > AttributeError: can't set attribute > > I don't seem to recall anyone else having problems with this error message. > > ---------- > nosy: +rhettinger > > _______________________________________ > Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> > <https://bugs.python.org/issue31989> > _______________________________________ ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue31989> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
