R. David Murray added the comment:
This is a duplicate of #27794.
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nosy: +r.david.murray
resolution: -> duplicate
stage: -> resolved
status: open -> closed
superseder: -> setattr a read-only property; the AttributeError should show
the attribute that failed
versions: +Python 3.8 -
Mark Diekhans added the comment:
The trackback is not helpful if the attribute name is in a
variable. It also doesn't explain why the error occurred.
While I would not rate this as a high priority, I don't see an
argument for having uninformative error messages.
Raymond Hettinger writes:
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Raymond Hettinger added the comment:
Usually, all the necessary information is present in the previous line of the
traceback:
>>> a.volume = 10
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
a.volume = 10
AttributeError: can't set attribute
I don't seem to r
New submission from Mark Diekhans :
done a setattr on a property gives a very unhelpful error message
AttributeError: can't set attribute
it neither indicates the name of the attribute that failed or the cause.
an error such as "can't set property attribute: the_attr_name"
would be far mor
