On 01/11/2012 01:45, Chris Angelico wrote:
The current wording is an exact, concise, description of the problem. Rather than tinkering with the wording, I think a more general solution might be a new HOWTO: Understanding exception messages. It could have alphabetically sorted entries for exceptions and messages that people find problematic.
UnboundLocalError
local variable referenced before assignment ... Remedy: If you intend 'x' to refer to a glocal or nonlocal name, add the necessary global or nonlocal declaration. If you intend +1. Can this be tied in with help(UnboundLocalError) perhaps? At the moment, that produces a huge screed of details that aren't
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Terry Reedy
wrote: particularly helpful to a novice (all its methods etc), and only a one-line explanation "Local name referenced but not bound to a value.". If that could be shortened and expanded on, it'd be a logical place to point people. "You got an error you don't understand? Go to the interactive interpreter and type help(NameOfError) - that should tell you what it is." ChrisA An excellent idea IMO. +1 Rob Cliffe _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/rob.cliffe%40btinternet.co...