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ValueError in repr for default SkyCoord #2613
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I guess this repr for a default SkyCoord is not the intended behaviour?
In [5]: from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
In [6]: SkyCoord()
Out[6]: <repr(<astropy.coordinates.sky_coordinate.SkyCoord at 0x1070a1a90>) failed: ValueError: substring not found>cc @eteq @taldcroft
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taldcroft commentedon Jun 10, 2014
That's a bug, but not in the way you imply. Passing no data to
SkyCoordshould raise a meaningful exception since data are always required here.cdeil commentedon Jun 10, 2014
I didn't read the new docs yet, so I didn't know if there are use cases where
SkyCoorddoesn't need data. But sure, failingSkyCoord()at construction if no data are passed makes sense to me.eteq commentedon Jun 12, 2014
@taldcroft - should I wait on trying to fix this until #2586 is done? I presume it will conflict... (or if you want to fix it there, that's fine too)
taldcroft commentedon Jun 12, 2014
@eteq - yes please wait on #2586, or base a branch on that assuming there won't be too many more conflicting commits at this point.