[Python-Dev] less quick patch for better debugging.
Greg Ewing
greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Wed Nov 26 19:26:08 EST 2003
Hunter Peress <hunterp at fastmail.fm>:
> a[1] + b[2] + c[3]...currently gives an error message that doesnt say
> which variable the list index error occurs in or at which index it occurs
> at
This would be considerably improved if the error message could
just point out the position in the line instead of just the line
number.
Especially when a statement spans more than one line -- currently
you can't even tell which line of a multi-line statement was the
culprit!
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