Thanks Michael, I've opened a bug to fix this: http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=19278
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Foord Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 4:52 AM To: Discussion of IronPython Subject: [IronPython] Confusing Error Message This had me foxed for a while: CPython >>> 'a' in object() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? TypeError: iterable argument required >>> IronPython (changeset 42603) >>> 'a' in object() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: argument of type 'str' is not iterable >>> -- Michael Foord Senior Software Engineer, Resolver Systems Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 (0) 20 7253 6372 Try out Resolver One! <http://www.resolversystems.com/get-it/> 17a Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5RD, UK VAT No.: GB 893 5643 79 Registered in England and Wales as company number 5467329. Registered address: 843 Finchley Road, London NW11 8NA, UK _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com