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authorR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2012-08-18 00:48:59 (GMT)
committerR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2012-08-18 00:48:59 (GMT)
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#15355: Mention already-executing Exception in generator docs.
Patch by Chris Jerdonek.
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@@ -354,8 +354,15 @@ called, allowing any pending :keyword:`finally` clauses to execute.
.. index:: object: generator
-The following generator's methods can be used to control the execution of a
-generator function:
+
+Generator-iterator methods
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+This subsection describes the methods of a generator iterator. They can
+be used to control the execution of a generator function.
+
+Note that calling any of the generator methods below when the generator
+is already executing raises a :exc:`ValueError` exception.
.. index:: exception: StopIteration