[Python-ideas] Improving this? - foo() takes at least 6 arguments (6 given)

[Ethan Furman]

Steven Klass wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Most of us who have been coding for awhile have often seen this error and understand the "self" concept.  I was helping a junior colleague out and he came to me with this problem.
> 
> Colleague:  "So my code is apparently asking for 6 arguments and it appears that I gave it 6 arguments"
> Me:  "Oh that - Yeah... your short one.  It really wants 7.."
> 
> That got me thinking and here is the post.  Now while this seems simple to fix I know this isn't that simple and a healthy dose of introspection will be required.

How did you get this?

--> class test(object):
...   def __init__(self):
...     pass
...
--> t = test(1)

2.5
---
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: __init__() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)

2.7
---
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: __init__() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)

3.2
---
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: __init__() takes exactly 1 positional argument (2 given)


~Ethan~