Funny Python error messages

[Fredrik Lundh]

Peter Hansen wrote:

>> My first one (i'm learning, i'm learning) is
>>
>> TypeError: 'callable-iterator' object is not callable
>>
>> # >>> it = iter(lambda:0, 0)
>> # >>> it()
>> # TypeError: 'callable-iterator' object is not callable
>
> Given that the supposed humour depends on the *name* of
> the object, which is "callable-iterator", I'd say it's
> probably not hard to come up with lots of "funny" error
> messages this way.

note that will didn't name the type himself.  someone callously thought it would
be a cool idea to have a non-callable type called callable in python, rather than,
say, call it "iterator-that-dances-with-callables".

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