[ python-Bugs-1187437 ] TypeError message on bad iteration is misleading

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Bugs item #1187437, was opened at 2005-04-21 14:58
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Out of Date
Priority: 2
Private: No
Submitted By: Roy Smith (roysmith)
>Assigned to: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Summary: TypeError message on bad iteration is misleading

Initial Comment:
>>> for i in 5:
...     pass
...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: iteration over non-sequence

I know this is kind of a trivial point, but the message
"iteration of non-sequence" should really be something
like "iteration of non-iterable object", since not all
iterable things are sequences.


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>Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Date: 2006-11-06 07:48

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The message is "<type> object is not iterable" in Python 2.5.

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Comment By: Georg Brandl (birkenfeld)
Date: 2005-06-05 10:46

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Seems reasonable to me.

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