[Python-Dev] Two patches

Tue Feb 21 22:53:40 CET 2006

Georg Brandl wrote:
> * I think I've submitted this one to the tracker, but can't remember:
> It's for PySequence_SetItem and makes something like this possible:
>> tup = ([], )
> tup[0] += [1]

That definitely needs fixing:
py> tup = ([], )
py> tup[0] += [1]
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: object doesn't support item assignment
py> tup
([1],)
Errors should never pass silently, but success shouldn't cause
an error message, either.
> * One patch for staticmethod and classmethod, which currently silently
> accept keyword arguments and throw them away. The patch adds error
> messages.

Sounds good as well.
Regards,
Martin