Misleading error message of the day

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

Roy Smith wrote:
> On Thursday, December 8, 2011 10:03:38 AM UTC-5, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
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>> string are iterable, considering this, the error is correct.
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> 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:
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> ValueError: you did something wrong
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> but most people would probably agree that it's not the most useful message that could have been produced.
>   
You have to opportunity to not use unpacking anymore :o) There is a 
recent thread were the dark side of unpacking was exposed. Unpacking is 
a cool feautre for very small applications but should be avoided 
whenever possible otherwise.

JM