Misleading error message of the day

[Grant Edwards]

On 2011-12-08, Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, December 8, 2011 10:03:38 AM UTC-5, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
>> string are iterable, considering this, the error is correct.
>
> Yes, I understand that the exception is correct.  I'm not saying the exception should be changed, just that we have the opportunity to produce a more useful error message.  The exception would be equally correct if it was:
>
> ValueError: you did something wrong

My favorite is still the old classic error from and old Unix printer
port driver:

  "lp0 on fire"

> but most people would probably agree that it's not the most useful
> message that could have been produced.

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