non descriptive error

[Fredrik Lundh]

Timothy Smith wrote:
> i have reproduced the error in this code block
>
> #save values in edit
> self.FinaliseTill.SaveEditControlValue()
> if
> Decimal(self.parent.TillDetails[self.TillSelection.GetStringSelection()]['ChangeTinBalance']))
> == Decimal('0'):
> #box must be checked before continuing
> if self.PlacedInSafe.GetValue() != 1:
> self.parent.Popup("You must place the till draw back in the
> safe","Till draw")
> else:
> #finalise the till draw
> if Decimal(self.TillFloat.GetLabel().split('$')[1]) != Decimal('0'):
> Prompt = wx.MessageDialog(self,"""The correct amount has not been
> returned from the till draw float to the main float!
> If you proceed please contact your manager""","Change tin doesn't
> balance!",wx.YES_NO)
> if Prompt.ShowModal() == wx.ID_YES:
> self.Submit()
> else:
> self.parent.Popup('You have an outstanding change tin balance on this
> till','Change tin')
>
> i have NO idea what in there could be making it have such a strange
> error. it just says "error" when you try run it. there nothing terribly
> strange being done.

the snippet you posted gives

$ python script.py
  File "script.py", line 2
    self.FinaliseTill.SaveEditControlValue()
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

on my python 2.3 install.

are you sure you don't have some weird sitecustomize file on your
machine?  (more likely, it's a wxPython issue.  can you reproduce
this without using wxPython ?)

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