[New-bugs-announce] [issue2786] Names in traceback should have class names, if they're methods

[Matthias Urlichs]

New submission from Matthias Urlichs <smurf at smurf.noris.de>:

Consider this simple error:

>>> class foo(object):
...   def __init__(self,bar):
...    pass
... 
>>> foo()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: __init__() takes exactly 2 positional arguments (1 given)
>>> 

The problem is that if that "foo" call is through a variable (or
anything else that obscures which class I'm actually calling) there's no
good way to figure this from the traceback.

The last line should read

   TypeError: foo.__init__() takes exactly 2 positional arguments (1 given)

or similar.

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messages: 66373
nosy: smurfix
severity: normal
status: open
title: Names in traceback should have class names, if they're methods
type: behavior

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