New submission from Dave Fugate <dfug...@microsoft.com>: The error message below should state something along the lines of "f() takes at least 1 non-keyword argument (0 given)". Regardless, this is a regression from 2.6 which would have emitted "f() takes at least 1 argument (0 given)" which while not perfect, is a more accurate description of the problem:
D:\rft\vsl\dlr\Languages\IronPython\Tests>27 Python 2.7 (r27:82525, Jul 4 2010, 09:01:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> def f(a, b=2): pass ... >>> f(b=2) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: f() takes at least 1 argument (1 given) >>> ---------- messages: 111116 nosy: midnightdf priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Error message for incorrect number of (function) args is incorrect type: behavior versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue9326> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
