[Python-Dev] Q: is concatenation and append really the same thing?

[M.-A. Lemburg]

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,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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