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Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous

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Date Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:19:27 +1100
Subject Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous
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On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:58:41 -0600, Michael Torrie wrote:
>
>> On 03/16/2013 06:11 PM, Rick Johnson wrote:
>>> No, the "ACTUAL PROBLEM" is in the author.
>>
>> Surely any NameException can also be blamed on the author then, by your
>> logic?
>
> Any exception at all is obviously the author's fault. I propose that
> Python stops wasting our time with debugging information and tracebacks,
> and on any error, simply prints the following message then dump core:
>
>
> PEBKACError: Programmer is an idiot. You did something wrong, you moron,
> turn your computer off, you're obviously too stupid to program.
>
>
> That will certainly improve productivity.

Why dump core? That seems far too useful to fit with the rest of your
proposal. Just exit 0 - after all, it wasn't Python's fault, so it
obviously succeeded.

ChrisA

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PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-03-16 11:27 -0700
  Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-03-16 21:19 +0000
    Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-03-16 15:39 -0700
      Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-03-16 23:29 +0000
        Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-03-16 16:50 -0700
          Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-17 11:00 +1100
      Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-03-16 18:36 -0500
      Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-17 10:48 +1100
    Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-16 23:48 +0000
      Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-17 10:59 +1100
      Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-03-16 17:11 -0700
        Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-03-16 19:58 -0600
          Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-17 03:14 +0000
            Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-17 14:19 +1100
            Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> - 2013-03-16 21:13 -0700
  Re: PyWart: NameError trackbacks are superfluous Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-03-17 17:22 -0400

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