Peter Hansen wrote: > Will Stuyvesant wrote: > > Perhaps this will even be a useful thread, to brighten the > > life of the brave people doing the hard work of providing us > > with error messages. > > > > My first one (i'm learning, i'm learning) is > > > > TypeError: 'callable-iterator' object is not callable > > > > # >>> it = iter(lambda:0, 0) > > # >>> it() > > # TypeError: 'callable-iterator' object is not callable > > Given that the supposed humour depends on the *name* of > the object, which is "callable-iterator", I'd say it's > probably not hard to come up with lots of "funny" error > messages this way.
The mildly amusing nature of this error message is due to Will's finding a name, "callable-iterator" (where callable is a name, not a description), appearing in a different context from where it was coined that causes us to parse it differently (where callable is a description, not a name), and accidentally stating an absurdity. I'd say it's actually a nice bit of subtlety. -- CARL BANKS -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
