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diff --git a/Doc/library/doctest.rst b/Doc/library/doctest.rst index 2d50a49..75c6ee2 100644 --- a/Doc/library/doctest.rst +++ b/Doc/library/doctest.rst @@ -565,12 +565,12 @@ doctest decides whether actual output matches an example's expected output: When specified, doctests expecting exceptions pass so long as an exception of the expected type is raised, even if the details - (message and fully-qualified exception name) don't match. + (message and fully qualified exception name) don't match. For example, an example expecting ``ValueError: 42`` will pass if the actual exception raised is ``ValueError: 3*14``, but will fail if, say, a :exc:`TypeError` is raised instead. - It will also ignore any fully-qualified name included before the + It will also ignore any fully qualified name included before the exception class, which can vary between implementations and versions of Python and the code/libraries in use. Hence, all three of these variations will work with the flag specified: |