Similar errors happen if you try stepping through the
Date class initialization.
The error only happens if you are using the debugger and stepping.
-steve
corp% python
Python 1.0.1 (Feb 21 1994)
Copyright 1991-1994 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> import pdb
>>> import pipes
>>> pdb.run('pipes.Template()')
> <string>(0)
(Pdb) s
> <string>(1)
(Pdb) s
> AttributeError: 'steps'
> <string>(1)
(Pdb) where
> <string>(1)
Traceback (innermost last):
File "<stdin>", line 1
File "/a/lib/python/pdb.py", line 282
Pdb().run(statement)
File "/a/lib/python/bdb.py", line 243
self.runctx(cmd, dict, dict)
File "/a/lib/python/bdb.py", line 250
exec(cmd + '\n', globals, locals)
File "<string>", line 1
File "/a/lib/python/bdb.py", line 35
return self.dispatch_exception(frame, arg)
File "/a/lib/python/bdb.py", line 65
self.user_exception(frame, arg)
File "/a/lib/python/pdb.py", line 52
self.interaction(frame, exc_traceback)
File "/a/lib/python/pdb.py", line 59
self.cmdloop()
File "/a/lib/python/cmd.py", line 24
stop = self.onecmd(line)
File "/a/lib/python/cmd.py", line 42
return func(arg)
File "/a/lib/python/pdb.py", line 113
self.print_stack_trace()
File "/a/lib/python/pdb.py", line 266
self.print_stack_entry(frame_lineno)
File "/a/lib/python/pdb.py", line 276
print self.format_stack_entry(frame_lineno)
File "/a/lib/python/bdb.py", line 228
s = s + repr.repr(args)
File "/a/lib/python/repr.py", line 15
return self.repr1(x, self.maxlevel)
File "/a/lib/python/repr.py", line 30
return f(x, level)
File "/a/lib/python/repr.py", line 38
s = s + self.repr1(x[i], level-1)
File "/a/lib/python/repr.py", line 24
s = `x`
File "/a/lib/python/pipes.py", line 95
return '<Template instance, steps=' + `self.steps` + '>'
AttributeError: steps
>>>
=======invoke pdb.pm()
(Pdb) up
> /a/lib/python/repr.py(24)repr1: s = `x`
(Pdb) x
*** AttributeError: steps
(Pdb) x.steps=3
(Pdb) x
<Template instance, steps=3>