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authorMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2004-08-25 10:42:41 (GMT)
committerMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2004-08-25 10:42:41 (GMT)
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Patch #1015021: Stop claiming that coerce can return None.
Will backport to 2.3.
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diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
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@@ -322,11 +322,11 @@ builtin_coerce(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
}
PyDoc_STRVAR(coerce_doc,
-"coerce(x, y) -> None or (x1, y1)\n\
+"coerce(x, y) -> (x1, y1)\n\
\n\
-When x and y can be coerced to values of the same type, return a tuple\n\
-containing the coerced values. When they can't be coerced, return None.");
-
+Return a tuple consisting of the two numeric arguments converted to\n\
+a common type, using the same rules as used by arithmetic operations.\n\
+If coercion is not possible, raise TypeError.");
static PyObject *
builtin_compile(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)