python type object is not_python: "TypeError: 'type' object is not subscriptable"

Normally Python throws NameError if the variable is not defined:

>>> d[0]

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "", line 1, in

NameError: name 'd' is not defined

However, you've managed to stumble upon a name that already exists in Python.

Because dict is the name of a built-in type in Python you are seeing what appears to be a strange error message, but in reality it is not.

The type of dict is a type. All types are objects in Python. Thus you are actually trying to index into the type object. This is why the error message says that the "'type' object is not subscriptable."

>>> type(dict)

>>> dict[0]

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "", line 1, in

TypeError: 'type' object is not subscriptable

Note that you can blindly assign to the dict name, but