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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2005-08-21 11:26:14 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2005-08-21 11:26:14 (GMT) |
| commit | a30616a88db1ccc481cd5c8e4b78652df5c0f8cf (patch) | |
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SF bug #1249837: container methods raise KeyError not IndexError
Minor clarification.
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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex index 6754c27..46388b2 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex @@ -1658,6 +1658,8 @@ If \var{key} is of an inappropriate type, \exception{TypeError} may be raised; if of a value outside the set of indexes for the sequence (after any special interpretation of negative values), \exception{IndexError} should be raised. +For mapping types, if \var{key} is missing (not in the container), +\exception{KeyError} should be raised. \note{\keyword{for} loops expect that an \exception{IndexError} will be raised for illegal indexes to allow proper detection of the end of the sequence.} |