[Tutor] What is the Python Path in windows 98?

[Remco Gerlich]

On  0, crapaudada <crapaudada@ifrance.com> wrote:
> I thank you and Mr Perry,
> 
> Just a last question:
> "sys.path" does work exactly as you say, and I will work again on the sys 
> module; but "sys.path()" returns an error message, that I don't understand 
> well. It says:
> "Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in ?
>      sys.path()
> TypeError: object of type 'list' is not callable"
> 
> Is it a misconfiguration of my system?
> 
> If not, I don't see why I shouldn't call a list object from the interactive 
> prompt. What causes it to fail?

sys.path is a list.

sys.path() tries to call the list.

That fails, since lists aren't callable. Functions and classes are callable,
as well as a few more obscure things.

Calling something runs some code, like the function you are calling. Calling
a class makes a new instance of that class. Calling a list doesn't make sense.


What are you trying to do?

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Remco Gerlich