[Numpy-discussion] better error message possible?

[Nathaniel Smith]

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Chris Withers <chris at simplistix.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Any reason why this:
>
>  >>> import numpy
>  >>> numpy.zeros(10)[-123]
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> IndexError: index out of bounds
>
> ...could say this:
>
>  >>> numpy.zeros(10)[-123]
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> IndexError: -123 is out of bounds

Only that no-one has implemented it, I guess. If you want to then
that'd be cool :-).

To be generally useful for debugging, it would probably be good for
the error message to also mention which dimension is involved, and/or
the actual size of the array in that dimension. You can also get such
error messages from expressions like 'arr[i, j, k]', after all, where
it's even less obvious what went wrong.

-- Nathaniel