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Wed Oct 8 11:34:54 EDT 2003 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-October/038594.html

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>From: Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at iinet.net.au>=
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> Given this, perhaps a simple addition to the error string might be 
> enough to
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>help reduce confusion:
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Agreed.

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>TypeError: foo() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given). (Note: For bound methods, 
>the argument count includes the object the method is bound to)
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>  
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Agreed, but then the newbies will wonder what bounds methods are, and to 
what a method would be bound.

Shorter and easier for the uninitiated:

TypeError: foo() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given). Counts may include 'self'.

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[Python-Dev] Re: More informative error messages