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From: Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:21:37 -0500
Subject: Re: copy on write
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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:28 AM, MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
> Should failed assignment be raising TypeError? Is it really a type
> error?

A failed setitem should be a TypeError as much as a failed getitem
should. Should 1[0] be a TypeError?

-- Devin