Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to test if an object can accept: obj[0]
Then do so. Use the object in the way you want to use it, and catch any exceptions that you want to handle. > >>> from sets import Set > >>> Set([1,2])[0] > TypeError: unindexable object > > >>> 3[0] > TypeError: unsubscriptable object > > It seems like each of these errors can be replaced with a single > type error. Well, they are both merely instances of TypeError, just with a different message. Catching 'TypeError' will catch either of them. I agree, though, that it would be preferable to have the same message for these two cases that appear to be saying the same thing. -- \ "The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days | `\ later you're hungry again." -- George Miller | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
