New submission from Sridhar Ratnakumar <sridh...@activestate.com>: The `startswith` method accepts both string and tuple (not list). Yet the error message suggests that it expects (only) a character buffer object.
In Python-2.6: >>> "foo".startswith(['fo', 'df']) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: expected a character buffer object In Python-3.x, the error message is different: >>> "foo".startswith(["fo"]) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: Can't convert 'list' object to str implicitly Aside: why not try to convert 'list' object to tuple? ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 91942 nosy: srid severity: normal status: open title: startswith error message is incomplete type: behavior versions: Python 2.6, Python 3.1 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6780> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
