[Python-Dev] Bad interaction of __index__ and sequence repeat

[Travis Oliphant]

Nick Coghlan wrote:
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> One possibility would be to invert the sense of that flag and call it 
> "typeerror", which probably more accurately reflects what it's intended for - 
> it's a way of telling the function "if this object does not have the correct 
> type, tell me by setting this flag instead of by setting the Python error state".

+1 on changing the name (type_error might be a better spelling)

-Travis