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diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst index 786e825..e7721fa 100644 --- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst @@ -111,16 +111,15 @@ The following exceptions are the exceptions that are actually raised. .. exception:: AttributeError - Raised when an attribute reference or assignment fails. (When an object does - not support attribute references or attribute assignments at all, - :exc:`TypeError` is raised.) - - .. % xref to attribute reference? + Raised when an attribute reference (see :ref:`attribute-references`) or + assignment fails. (When an object does not support attribute references or + attribute assignments at all, :exc:`TypeError` is raised.) .. exception:: EOFError - Raised when attempting to read beyond the end of a file. (N.B.: the + Raised when one of the built-in functions (:func:`input` or :func:`raw_input`) + hits an end-of-file condition (EOF) without reading any data. (N.B.: the :meth:`file.read` and :meth:`file.readline` methods return an empty string when they hit EOF.) @@ -162,14 +161,14 @@ The following exceptions are the exceptions that are actually raised. truncated to fall in the allowed range; if an index is not a plain integer, :exc:`TypeError` is raised.) - .. % XXXJH xref to sequences + .. XXX xref to sequences .. exception:: KeyError Raised when a mapping (dictionary) key is not found in the set of existing keys. - .. % XXXJH xref to mapping objects? + .. XXX xref to mapping objects? .. exception:: KeyboardInterrupt |