[issue25326] Improve error message for "character buffer objects"

[Raymond Hettinger]

Changes by Raymond Hettinger :


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resolution:  -> fixed
status: open -> closed

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[issue25326] Improve error message for "character buffer objects"

[Roundup Robot]

Roundup Robot added the comment:

New changeset 4d1bd86d3bbd by Raymond Hettinger in branch '2.7':
Issue #25326:  Improve an obscure error message.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4d1bd86d3bbd

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[issue25326] Improve error message for "character buffer objects"

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger added the comment:

Another alternative
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TypeError: expected a string or other character buffer object

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[issue25326] Improve error message for "character buffer objects"

[Raymond Hettinger]

New submission from Raymond Hettinger:

Python 2.7.10+ (2.7:fc6d62db8d42+, Oct  6 2015, 11:55:10) 
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 7.0.0 (clang-700.0.72)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> s = 'the tale of two cities'
>>> s.count(('a', 'z'))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
TypeError: expected a character buffer object (such as a string)

   new text -^^^

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[issue25326] Improve error message for "character buffer objects"

[Raymond Hettinger]

Changes by Raymond Hettinger :


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components: Interpreter Core
files: better_error_message.diff
keywords: patch
nosy: rhettinger
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: patch review
status: open
title: Improve error message for "character buffer objects"
versions: Python 2.7
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file40702/better_error_message.diff

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