[Python-Dev] Q: is concatenation and append really the same thing?
M.-A. Lemburg
mal@lemburg.com
Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:07:40 +0200
Michael Hudson wrote:
>
> "Fredrik Lundh" <effbot@telia.com> writes:
>
> > Python 1.6a2 (#0, Jun 14 2000, 23:07:49) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
> > >>> (1, 2, 3) + [1, 2, 3]
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> > TypeError: can only append tuple (not "list") to tuple
> >
> > is "append" really the right word here?
>
> My fault. I have sent at least one patch to patches@python.org to
> change it to
>
> can only concatenate tuple (not "list") to tuple
>
> to bring it into line with listobject.c; here it is again:
>
> Index: Objects/tupleobject.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Objects/tupleobject.c,v
> retrieving revision 2.34
> diff -u -r2.34 tupleobject.c
> --- Objects/tupleobject.c 2000/06/01 03:12:13 2.34
> +++ Objects/tupleobject.c 2000/06/06 16:30:39
> @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
> PyTupleObject *np;
> if (!PyTuple_Check(bb)) {
> PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
> - "can only append tuple (not \"%.200s\") to tuple",
> + "can only concatenate tuple (not \"%.200s\") to tuple",
> bb->ob_type->tp_name);
> return NULL;
> }
>
Should be in CVS by now...
Thanks,
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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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