Terminology fix: exceptions are raised, except in generator.throw().

13 files changed, 28 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/bdb.rst b/Doc/library/bdb.rst
index 9352101..3e5a54b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/bdb.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/bdb.rst
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ The :mod:`bdb` module also defines two classes:
       * ``"exception"``: An exception has occurred.
       * ``"c_call"``: A C function is about to be called.
       * ``"c_return"``: A C function has returned.
-      * ``"c_exception"``: A C function has thrown an exception.
+      * ``"c_exception"``: A C function has raised an exception.
 
       For the Python events, specialized functions (see below) are called.  For
       the C events, no action is taken.
diff --git a/Doc/library/doctest.rst b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
index 420c73e..2b7ca7c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/doctest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
@@ -1673,7 +1673,7 @@ There are two exceptions that may be raised by :class:`DebugRunner` instances:
 
 .. exception:: DocTestFailure(test, example, got)
 
-   An exception thrown by :class:`DocTestRunner` to signal that a doctest example's
+   An exception raised by :class:`DocTestRunner` to signal that a doctest example's
    actual output did not match its expected output. The constructor arguments are
    used to initialize the member variables of the same names.
 
@@ -1697,9 +1697,9 @@ There are two exceptions that may be raised by :class:`DebugRunner` instances:
 
 .. exception:: UnexpectedException(test, example, exc_info)
 
-   An exception thrown by :class:`DocTestRunner` to signal that a doctest example
-   raised an unexpected exception.  The constructor arguments are used to
-   initialize the member variables of the same names.
+   An exception raised by :class:`DocTestRunner` to signal that a doctest
+   example raised an unexpected exception.  The constructor arguments are used
+   to initialize the member variables of the same names.
 
 :exc:`UnexpectedException` defines the following member variables:
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/email.errors.rst b/Doc/library/email.errors.rst
index 2bd3ae4..e907c51 100644
--- a/Doc/library/email.errors.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/email.errors.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The following exception classes are defined in the :mod:`email.errors` module:
 
 .. exception:: MessageParseError()
 
-   This is the base class for exceptions thrown by the :class:`~email.parser.Parser`
+   This is the base class for exceptions raised by the :class:`~email.parser.Parser`
    class.  It is derived from :exc:`MessageError`.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/html.parser.rst b/Doc/library/html.parser.rst
index c38cf2a..2bc6555 100644
--- a/Doc/library/html.parser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/html.parser.rst
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ An exception is defined as well:
    Method called when an unrecognized SGML declaration is read by the parser.
    The *data* parameter will be the entire contents of the declaration inside
    the ``<!...>`` markup.  It is sometimes useful to be be overridden by a
-   derived class; the base class implementation throws an :exc:`HTMLParseError`.
+   derived class; the base class implementation raises an :exc:`HTMLParseError`.
 
 
 .. method:: HTMLParser.handle_pi(data)
diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst
index 498cbc8..0826ebd 100644
--- a/Doc/library/io.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/io.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ built-in :func:`open` function is defined in this module.
 At the top of the I/O hierarchy is the abstract base class :class:`IOBase`.  It
 defines the basic interface to a stream.  Note, however, that there is no
 separation between reading and writing to streams; implementations are allowed
-to throw an :exc:`IOError` if they do not support a given operation.
+to raise an :exc:`IOError` if they do not support a given operation.
 
 Extending :class:`IOBase` is :class:`RawIOBase` which deals simply with the
 reading and writing of raw bytes to a stream.  :class:`FileIO` subclasses
diff --git a/Doc/library/linecache.rst b/Doc/library/linecache.rst
index 146cb27..688e297 100644
--- a/Doc/library/linecache.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/linecache.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The :mod:`linecache` module defines the following functions:
 
 .. function:: getline(filename, lineno, module_globals=None)
 
-   Get line *lineno* from file named *filename*. This function will never throw an
+   Get line *lineno* from file named *filename*. This function will never raise an
    exception --- it will return ``''`` on errors (the terminating newline character
    will be included for lines that are found).
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/mmap.rst b/Doc/library/mmap.rst
index 3e0854b..779a5e8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/mmap.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/mmap.rst
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ To map anonymous memory, -1 should be passed as the fileno along with the length
 
       Copy the *count* bytes starting at offset *src* to the destination index
       *dest*.  If the mmap was created with :const:`ACCESS_READ`, then calls to
-      move will throw a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
+      move will raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
 
 
    .. method:: read(num)
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ To map anonymous memory, -1 should be passed as the fileno along with the length
 
       Resizes the map and the underlying file, if any. If the mmap was created
       with :const:`ACCESS_READ` or :const:`ACCESS_COPY`, resizing the map will
-      throw a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
+      raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
 
 
    .. method:: rfind(sub[, start[, end]])
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ To map anonymous memory, -1 should be passed as the fileno along with the length
       Write the bytes in *bytes* into memory at the current position of the
       file pointer; the file position is updated to point after the bytes that
       were written. If the mmap was created with :const:`ACCESS_READ`, then
-      writing to it will throw a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
+      writing to it will raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
 
 
    .. method:: write_byte(byte)
@@ -253,4 +253,4 @@ To map anonymous memory, -1 should be passed as the fileno along with the length
       Write the the integer *byte* into memory at the current
       position of the file pointer; the file position is advanced by ``1``. If
       the mmap was created with :const:`ACCESS_READ`, then writing to it will
-      throw a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
+      raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
diff --git a/Doc/library/parser.rst b/Doc/library/parser.rst
index df3a31c..efac1a5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/parser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/parser.rst
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ and ``'exec'`` forms.
    The :func:`expr` function parses the parameter *source* as if it were an input
    to ``compile(source, 'file.py', 'eval')``.  If the parse succeeds, an ST object
    is created to hold the internal parse tree representation, otherwise an
-   appropriate exception is thrown.
+   appropriate exception is raised.
 
 
 .. function:: suite(source)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ and ``'exec'`` forms.
    The :func:`suite` function parses the parameter *source* as if it were an input
    to ``compile(source, 'file.py', 'exec')``.  If the parse succeeds, an ST object
    is created to hold the internal parse tree representation, otherwise an
-   appropriate exception is thrown.
+   appropriate exception is raised.
 
 
 .. function:: sequence2st(sequence)
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ and ``'exec'`` forms.
    to the Python grammar and all nodes are valid node types in the host version of
    Python, an ST object is created from the internal representation and returned
    to the called.  If there is a problem creating the internal representation, or
-   if the tree cannot be validated, a :exc:`ParserError` exception is thrown.  An
+   if the tree cannot be validated, a :exc:`ParserError` exception is raised.  An
    ST object created this way should not be assumed to compile correctly; normal
-   exceptions thrown by compilation may still be initiated when the ST object is
+   exceptions raised by compilation may still be initiated when the ST object is
    passed to :func:`compilest`.  This may indicate problems not related to syntax
    (such as a :exc:`MemoryError` exception), but may also be due to constructs such
    as the result of parsing ``del f(0)``, which escapes the Python parser but is
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ function for information about the exceptions it can raise.
 .. exception:: ParserError
 
    Exception raised when a failure occurs within the parser module.  This is
-   generally produced for validation failures rather than the built in
-   :exc:`SyntaxError` thrown during normal parsing. The exception argument is
+   generally produced for validation failures rather than the built-in
+   :exc:`SyntaxError` raised during normal parsing. The exception argument is
    either a string describing the reason of the failure or a tuple containing a
    sequence causing the failure from a parse tree passed to :func:`sequence2st`
    and an explanatory string.  Calls to :func:`sequence2st` need to be able to
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ function for information about the exceptions it can raise.
    will only need to be aware of the simple string values.
 
 Note that the functions :func:`compilest`, :func:`expr`, and :func:`suite` may
-throw exceptions which are normally thrown by the parsing and compilation
+raise exceptions which are normally thrown by the parsing and compilation
 process.  These include the built in exceptions :exc:`MemoryError`,
 :exc:`OverflowError`, :exc:`SyntaxError`, and :exc:`SystemError`.  In these
 cases, these exceptions carry all the meaning normally associated with them.
diff --git a/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst b/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst
index aaa389a..e16e45f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ otherwise stated.
    Called if the XML document hasn't been declared as being a standalone document.
    This happens when there is an external subset or a reference to a parameter
    entity, but the XML declaration does not set standalone to ``yes`` in an XML
-   declaration.  If this handler returns ``0``, then the parser will throw an
+   declaration.  If this handler returns ``0``, then the parser will raise an
    :const:`XML_ERROR_NOT_STANDALONE` error.  If this handler is not set, no
    exception is raised by the parser for this condition.
 
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ otherwise stated.
    responsible for creating the sub-parser using
    ``ExternalEntityParserCreate(context)``, initializing it with the appropriate
    callbacks, and parsing the entity.  This handler should return an integer; if it
-   returns ``0``, the parser will throw an
+   returns ``0``, the parser will raise an
    :const:`XML_ERROR_EXTERNAL_ENTITY_HANDLING` error, otherwise parsing will
    continue.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/smtplib.rst b/Doc/library/smtplib.rst
index daba9a1..0c65290 100644
--- a/Doc/library/smtplib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/smtplib.rst
@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@ An :class:`SMTP` instance has the following methods:
    and ESMTP options suppressed.
 
    This method will return normally if the mail is accepted for at least one
-   recipient. Otherwise it will throw an exception.  That is, if this method does
-   not throw an exception, then someone should get your mail. If this method does
-   not throw an exception, it returns a dictionary, with one entry for each
+   recipient. Otherwise it will raise an exception.  That is, if this method does
+   not raise an exception, then someone should get your mail. If this method does
+   not raise an exception, it returns a dictionary, with one entry for each
    recipient that was refused.  Each entry contains a tuple of the SMTP error code
    and the accompanying error message sent by the server.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst
index 68269b9..cabb6f3 100644
--- a/Doc/library/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/string.rst
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ implementation as the built-in :meth:`format` method.
       the format string (integers for positional arguments, and strings for
       named arguments), and a reference to the *args* and *kwargs* that was
       passed to vformat.  The set of unused args can be calculated from these
-      parameters.  :meth:`check_unused_args` is assumed to throw an exception if
+      parameters.  :meth:`check_unused_args` is assumed to raise an exception if
       the check fails.
 
    .. method:: format_field(value, format_spec)
diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index 4d85099..1bee00f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ always available.
       A C function has returned. *arg* is ``None``.
 
    ``'c_exception'``
-      A C function has thrown an exception.  *arg* is ``None``.
+      A C function has raised an exception.  *arg* is ``None``.
 
    Note that as an exception is propagated down the chain of callers, an
    ``'exception'`` event is generated at each level.
diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.sax.reader.rst b/Doc/library/xml.sax.reader.rst
index fb91389..6683da1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/xml.sax.reader.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/xml.sax.reader.rst
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ The :class:`XMLReader` interface supports the following methods:
    Allow an application to set the locale for errors and warnings.
 
    SAX parsers are not required to provide localization for errors and warnings; if
-   they cannot support the requested locale, however, they must throw a SAX
+   they cannot support the requested locale, however, they must raise a SAX
    exception.  Applications may request a locale change in the middle of a parse.