On 10/11/06, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > can be a lot better than a 30-level traceback that ends with a line > looking something like > > fnut.index(gah)
Despite long experience with Perl, I am not a big follower of the "goose_level: blah" method of error reporting... > also, checking for __method__ is, in general, not the right way to check > if an object implements a given interface. I had a vague feeling it might not be a Right Thing(tm). <flame-proof-underwear>I kind of miss responds_to?</flame-proof-underwear> > so if you can, try doing the operation instead, and catch error (if you > really need to check first, use an idempotent operation, if available). I'll do that as soon as my green noggin figures out what 'idempotent' means. Serves me right for being a liberal arts weenie: http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?ThaiLanguage -- Theerasak -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
