Note that there is a draft pep https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0473/ that aims at adding structured data to bultin exceptions.
I've tried implementing some of those but had a couple of test failures that weren't obvious to me how to solve. On Dec 11, 2016 13:11, "Chris Barker" <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 6:35 PM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have no specific qualifications, but I teach online; > > > nor do I, and I teach for a continuing ed program -- not in high school. > > But anyway, regardless of official qualifications, good programmers are > not neccesray good teachers of programming. At all. > > If it takes a credentialed teacher to get a job in a school, so >> be it - but at least make sure it's someone who knows how to interpret >> the error messages, so that any student who runs into trouble can ask >> the prof. >> > > Exactly -- you can't be credentialed to teach Biology, or French, or.... > without knowing the subject. That may not yet be true for computer science, > as it is still "new" in high school curriculum, but it's still not Python's > job to overcome that. > > All the being said -- I don't think we should try to tailor error messages > specifically for newbies in the core interpreter, and the error messages > have gotten a lot better with py3, but they could still use some > improvement -- I would say that suggestions are welcome. > > And if they can be made (more) machine readable, so that an beginners IDE > would enhance them, that would be great. > > -CHB > > > -- > > Christopher Barker, Ph.D. > Oceanographer > > Emergency Response Division > NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice > 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax > Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception > > chris.bar...@noaa.gov > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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