[ python-Bugs-1187437 ] TypeError message on bad iteration is misleading
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Bugs item #1187437, was opened at 2005-04-21 16:58
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 2
Submitted By: Roy Smith (roysmith)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
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: Reinhold Birkenfeld (birkenfeld)
Date: 2005-06-05 12:46
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Seems reasonable to me.
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