[Zope] object of type 'string' is not callable

[Paul Winkler]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:30:05AM +0200, Geir B?kholt wrote:
> On  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 16:30:54 +1000 GMT (..8:30 where i live(GMT+2) )
> drew nichols asked the Zope mailinglist about the following:
>   
> 
> > "object of type 'string' is not callable"
> 
> > what does this error really mean
> 
> 
> 
> > class myClass ( simpleItem ):
> 
> > def  stringify( self ):
> >     str = "\nLogins: " + str( ['ello']  )
> 
> could it be the fact that you are redfining str to be a string
> before calling it as a method ?

not in the example as given... remember that the right-hand side
of an assignment is evaluated before the assignment takes place.
And just to quibble, str() is a function, not a method.

but if the actual stringify method uses str() multiple times,
you might be right.  Certainly reassigning built-in names
is a bad practice :)


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