attribute error

[Mike Meyer]

In <433C4402.6050408 at grads.ece.mcmaster.ca>, M.N.A.Smadi <smadim2 at grads.ece.mcmaster.ca> typed:
> HI;
> 
> I am  having the following error:
> 
> AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'pop'
> 
> am using Python 2.3.4 and am importing the following libraries:
> 
> import sys, os, inspect
> from Asterisk import Manager, BaseException, Config
> import Asterisk.Util
> 
> The code being executed is:
>     if command not in commands:
>         raise ArgumentsError('invalid arguments.')
> 
> 
> 
>     if command == 'usage':
>         return usage(argv[0], sys.stdout)
> 
>     manager = Manager.Manager(*Config.Config().get_connection())
> 
>     if command == 'actions':
>         show_actions()
> 
>     if command == 'help':
>         if len(argv) < 3:
>             raise ArgumentsError('please specify an action.')
> 
>         show_actions(argv[2])
> 
>     elif command == 'action':
>         if len(argv) < 3:
>             raise ArgumentsError('please specify an action.')
> 
>         try:
>             execute_action(manager, argv[2:])
>         except TypeError, e:
>             print "Bad arguments specified. Help for %s:" % (argv[2],)
>             show_actions(argv[2])
> 
>     elif command == 'command':
>         execute_action('command', argv[2])

This should be execute_action('command', argv[2:]), with the ':' added.

	<mike

> def execute_action(manager, argv):
>     method_name = argv.pop(0).lower()
> 
> 
> 
> but i always thought that something like this will be standard stuff.
> Any ideas?
> 
> 
> Mike Meyer wrote:
> 
> >"M.N.A.Smadi" <smadim2 at grads.ece.mcmaster.ca> writes:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>HI;
> >>
> >>I am  having the following error.  I am using someone else's code and
> >>all they are doing is pass an argv to a function then
> >>
> >>def execute_action(manager, argv):
> >>    method_name = argv.pop(0).lower()
> >>
> >>
> >>and am getting this strange error.
> >>AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'pop'
> >>
> >>am using Python 2.3.4 and am importing the following libraries:
> >>
> >>import sys, os, inspect
> >>from Asterisk import Manager, BaseException, Config
> >>import Asterisk.Util
> >>
> >>but i always thought that something like this will be standard stuff.
> >>Any ideas?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Yes - show us the rest of the code. execute_action is never called in
> >the snippets you posted, and it's pretty clear that it's being invoked
> >with the wrong thing as an argument. Can you provide a minimal working
> >(well, executable) code sample that generates the error message you
> >are getting?
> >
> >Oh yeah - post the full traceback as well.
> >
> >    <mike
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 

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