new-style classes multiplication error message isn't very informative

[google at jenandjon.com]

 <ziga.seilnacht <at> gmail.com> writes:

> This is a bug in Python. See this thread:
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-December/059046.html

OK, thanks. This doesn't strike me as the same issue (but maybe it is).
We're not getting NotImplemented returned, we're getting a TypeError;
just not a good TypeError.

> and this patch:
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=5470&atid=305470&func=detail&aid=1390657
>
> for more details.


The patch certainly appears to be on topic, though. Thanks.