Python Error

[subhabangalore at gmail.com]

On Sunday, July 29, 2012 7:53:59 PM UTC+5:30, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <81818a9c-60d3-48da-9345-0c0dfd5b25e7 at googlegroups.com>,
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>  subhabangalore at gmail.com wrote:
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> > set1=set(list1)
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> > 
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> > the code was running fine, but all on a sudden started to give the following 
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> > error,
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> > 
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> > set1=set(list1)
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> > TypeError: unhashable type: 'list'
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> 
> First, make sure you understand what the error means.  All the elements 
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> of a set must be hashable.  Lists are not hashable because they are 
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> mutable.  So, what the error is telling you is that some element of 
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> list1 is itself a list, and therefore not hashable, and thus the set 
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> can't be created.
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> 
> I would start by printing list1.  If the list is long (or contains 
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> deeply nested structures), just doing "print list1" may result in 
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> something that is difficult to read.  In that case, try using pprint 
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> (see the pprint module) to get a nicer display.
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> 
> 
> If it's still not obvious, pull out the bigger guns.  Try something like:
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> for item in list1:
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>    try:
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>       hash(item)
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>    except TypeError:
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>       print "This one can't be hashed: %s" % item
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> 
> 
> > And sometimes some good running program gives error all on a sudden with no 
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> > parameter changed
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> 
> 
> Well, *something* changed.  Assuming nothing truly bizarre like a stray 
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> Higgs Boson flipping a bit in your computer's memory, what you need to 
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> do is figure out what that is.  Did you change your code in any way 
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> (having everything under version control helps here)?  If not the code, 
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> then what changed about the input?
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> 
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> If you're sure that both the code and the input are unchanged, that 
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> leaves something in the environment.  Did your python interpreter get 
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> upgraded to a newer version?  Or your operating system?  PYTHONPATH?
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> 
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> Depending on what your program is doing, it could be something time 
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> based.  A different time zone, perhaps?  Did daylight savings time just 
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> go into or out of effect where you are?  Does it only fail on Sunday?

Hi Roy,
Sorry I overlooked your answer. It fails generally on Sunday. True. How you got it? I recently downloaded Python2.7 64 bit -while I am working on Python3.2.1 64 bit Windows 7 SP1. 
Regards,
Subhabrata Banerjee.