Lesson 39 of Learning Python the Hard Way hangs (Fixed?)

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Le 09/09/2015 20:58, Gary Roach a écrit :
> On 09/09/2015 01:45 PM, John Gordon wrote:
>> In <mailman.280.1441823265.8327.python-list at python.org> Gary Roach
>> <gary719_list1 at verizon.net> writes:
>>
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>     File "/root/mystuff/mystuff/ex39_test.py", line 6, in <module>
>>>       hashmap.set(states, 'Oregon', 'OR')
>>>     File "/root/mystuff/mystuff/hashmap.py", line 50, in set
>>>       i, k, v = get_slot(aMap, key)
>>> TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable
>>> Execution Successful!
>> Where does the message "Execution Successful!" come from?  It seems like
>> you have other code that you haven't shown us.
>>
>> In any case, I saved your code and ran it, and did not get an error.
>>
> No other code. Ninja-IDE tacked the "Execution Successful" at the end if
> the error message. Dont know why.
>
> Interesting that you ran the code successfully. I have tried to run the
> code in both Ninja and at the command line and got the  exact same error
> message.
>
> A note: If you could, please post your replies to the list. If you
> don't, it either breaks the thread or ends up sending a copy to my
> personal email address. I am assuming that your email client gives you
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>
> Thanks for your reply.
> Still confused
>
> Gary R.
>
> PS I copied over my code with the one from the lesson and all of a
> sudden it works. I then used the code I copied to the email. It also
> worked. Now I can't duplicate the problem. The problems fixed but ....

So something was *necessarely* different between your test and what
you've posted here (which works for me as well, without error).

Your first tests were different from what you've posted, this is
certain.

Could be because you redefined "list" in your module, you shouldn't:

 >>> list('abcd')
['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
 >>> def list(aMap):
...   """Prints out what's in the Map."""
...   for bucket in aMap:
...       if bucket:
...             for k, v in bucket:
...                 print k, v
 >>> list('abcd')
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
   File "<stdin>", line 5, in list
ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack

So if you've been using "list" as a constructor *after*
def list... *in your module* it wouldn't have behaved as expected.

As a rule of thumb : do not use types names (list, str, tuple, ...)
as identifiers in your code. Most of the times it is harmless first,
(especially in modules, because of namespaces isolation) but
sooner or later it leads to strange errors...

 >>> list(message)
['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o']
 >>> list = [1,2,3]
 >>> list(message)
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'list' object is not callable