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pyenchant cirtial enchant_is_all_caps and enchant_is_title_case assertion message

I use pyenchant to auto-correct words, e.g.

import enchant
myDic = enchant.Dict('en_EN')
print myDict.check('foo')

Problem: I get the following error message from enchant, though it does not crash

** (process:24563): CRITICAL **: enchant_is_title_case: assertion `word && *word' failed

** (process:24563): CRITICAL **: enchant_is_all_caps: assertion `word && *word' failed
Solution

  • Found the answer in a discussion in the pyenchant GIT repository:

    It was an empty line (or something that is interpret as such) in my personal dictionary. I have mine in ~/.config/enchant/en_EN.dic

    Removing the empty line solved the problem.