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Wed Nov 5 21:51:19 CET 2014 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2014-November/136905.html

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 2:47 PM, R. David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com>
wrote:

> As I said on the issue, there is no reason I can see to add extra code
> just to turn an AttributeError into a TypeError.  The AttributeError
> works just fine in letting you know your input type didn't work.
>

+1

Unlike ValueError or LookupError, TypeError and AttributeError indicate a
logical problem with the code rather than an issue with the user input.
>From the programmer perspective, any code that catches and mutates
exceptions is a nuisance.
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