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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-10-25 21:05:29 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-10-25 21:05:29 (GMT)
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Since LookupError can be raised by sys.setdefaultencoding(), we should not
document it as only being a base class, not matter how unlikely this is to affect normal users.
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@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ various arithmetic errors: \exception{OverflowError},
\begin{excdesc}{LookupError}
The base class for the exceptions that are raised when a key or
index used on a mapping or sequence is invalid: \exception{IndexError},
-\exception{KeyError}.
+\exception{KeyError}. This can be raised directly by
+\function{sys.setdefaultencoding()}.
\end{excdesc}
\begin{excdesc}{EnvironmentError}