Why not just show the out-of-range index?

[James Stroud]

Russ wrote:
> Every Python programmer gets this message occasionally:
> 
> IndexError: list index out of range
> 
> The message tells you where the error occurred, but it doesn't tell you
> what the range and the offending index are. Why does it force you to
> determine that information for yourself when it could save you a step
> and just tell you? This seems like a "no-brainer" to me. Am I missing
> something?
> 

I think you have a point. I am curious to see how far people are willing 
to go to defend this omission. It promises to be entertaining.

James

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