Make floating-point exception error messages slightly more verbose: in

particular, the error message now allows one to distinguish between a
ValueError arising from a singularity (e.g. log(0.)), which would
usually produce +-infinity in non-stop mode, and a ValueError resulting
from an invalid input (e.g. sqrt(-1.)), which would normally produce a
NaN in non-stop mode.

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/test/ieee754.txt b/Lib/test/ieee754.txt
index 5a41c8f..a07906c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/ieee754.txt
+++ b/Lib/test/ieee754.txt
@@ -127,31 +127,31 @@ Trigonometric Functions
 >>> sin(INF)
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValueError: math domain error
+ValueError: math domain error (invalid argument)
 >>> sin(NINF)
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValueError: math domain error
+ValueError: math domain error (invalid argument)
 >>> sin(NAN)
 nan
 >>> cos(INF)
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValueError: math domain error
+ValueError: math domain error (invalid argument)
 >>> cos(NINF)
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValueError: math domain error
+ValueError: math domain error (invalid argument)
 >>> cos(NAN)
 nan
 >>> tan(INF)
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValueError: math domain error
+ValueError: math domain error (invalid argument)
 >>> tan(NINF)
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValueError: math domain error
+ValueError: math domain error (invalid argument)
 >>> tan(NAN)
 nan
 
@@ -169,11 +169,11 @@ True
 >>> asin(INF), asin(NINF)
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValueError: math domain error
+ValueError: math domain error (invalid argument)
 >>> acos(INF), acos(NINF)
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValueError: math domain error
+ValueError: math domain error (invalid argument)
 >>> equal(atan(INF), PI/2), equal(atan(NINF), -PI/2)
 (True, True)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_math.py b/Lib/test/test_math.py
index da8a0e9..379ff89 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_math.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_math.py
@@ -741,9 +741,9 @@ class MathTests(unittest.TestCase):
             func = getattr(math, fn)
             try:
                 result = func(ar)
-            except ValueError:
-                message = ("Unexpected ValueError in " +
-                           "test %s:%s(%r)\n" % (id, fn, ar))
+            except ValueError as exc:
+                message = (("Unexpected ValueError: %s\n        " +
+                           "in test %s:%s(%r)\n") % (exc.args[0], id, fn, ar))
                 self.fail(message)
             self.ftest("%s:%s(%r)" % (id, fn, ar), result, er)