[Python-Dev] unscriptable?

[Michael Foord]

Scott Dial wrote:
> Benjamin Peterson wrote:
>   
>> Consider this error:
>>     
>>>>> 3["something"]
>>>>>           
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>> TypeError: 'int' object is unsubscriptable
>>
>> "unscriptable" seems rather ambiguous. How about "[object] cannot be indexed"?
>>
>>     
>
> Although I think this is a bit of bike-shedding, I would point out that 
> CPython is itself inconsistent about this:
>
>  >>> set([1,2,3])[0]
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> TypeError: 'set' object is unindexable
>
> I tend to agree with Benjamin that "unsubscriptable" is a made-up word, 
> but so is "unindexable". So, whatever.
>   

It seems to be more common in the 'Python world' to refer to indexing 
than subscription and I admit that this error message has confused me in 
the past.

Michael

> -Scott
>
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