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authorRaymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com>2018-07-17 15:35:26 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2018-07-17 15:35:26 (GMT)
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Clarify ValueError's broad applicability (GH-8313)
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@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ The following exceptions are the exceptions that are usually raised.
.. exception:: ValueError
- Raised when a built-in operation or function receives an argument that has the
+ Raised when an operation or function receives an argument that has the
right type but an inappropriate value, and the situation is not described by a
more precise exception such as :exc:`IndexError`.