Also, as an extension of this idea, would it be possible to improve errors like this:
class X: pass X() # object() takes no parameters to show the actual type instead of just 'object'? On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 4:48 PM, Ryan Gonzalez <rym...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, based on everyone's feedback, I just created this: > > http://bugs.python.org/issue28536 > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Ryan Gonzalez <rym...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I personally find it kind of annoying when you have code like this: >> >> >> x = A(1, B(2, 3)) >> >> >> and Python's error message looks like this: >> >> >> TypeError: __init__() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given >> >> >> It doesn't give much of a clue to which `__init__` is being called. At >> all. >> >> The idea: when showing the function name in an error like this, show the >> fully qualified name, like: >> >> >> TypeError: A.__init__() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given >> >> >> This would be MUCH more helpful! >> >> >> Another related change would be to do the same thing in tracebacks: >> >> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> >> File "<stdin>", line 2, in __init__ >> AssertionError >> >> >> to: >> >> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> >> File "<stdin>", line 2, in MyClass.__init__ >> AssertionError >> >> >> which could make it easier to find where exactly an error originated. >> >> -- >> Ryan (ライアン) >> [ERROR]: Your autotools build scripts are 200 lines longer than your >> program. Something’s wrong. >> http://kirbyfan64.github.io/ >> >> > > > > -- > Ryan (ライアン) > [ERROR]: Your autotools build scripts are 200 lines longer than your > program. Something’s wrong. > http://kirbyfan64.github.io/ > > -- Ryan (ライアン) [ERROR]: Your autotools build scripts are 200 lines longer than your program. Something’s wrong. http://kirbyfan64.github.io/
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