[Python-Dev] Revert #12085 fix for __del__ attribute error message

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Tue Sep 24 00:29:55 CEST 2013


On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:38:48 -0700
Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> > But that's because you already know what it's supposed to convey. The
> > average user doesn't, and only sees "unraisable".
> 
> All the more reason to have text in the error message that is easily searchable.

Then I propose "CA6yuaYV6dygPfJRxUrhtg". It should be easily
searchable ;-)

Seriously, "easily searchable" is a rather weak criterion for an
error message. It should be easily understandable and non-misleading
first.

Regards

Antoine.




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