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gh-122431: Correct the non-negative error message in `readline.append_history_file...
authorZheng Yu <dataisland@outlook.com>
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 04:35:23 +0000 (22:35 -0600)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 04:35:23 +0000 (23:35 -0500)
"positive" -> "non-negative", since zero is included.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-22-22-36-21.gh-issue-122431.9E3085.rst [new file with mode: 0644]
Modules/readline.c

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-22-22-36-21.gh-issue-122431.9E3085.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-22-22-36-21.gh-issue-122431.9E3085.rst
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+Corrected the error message in :func:`readline.append_history_file` to state that ``nelements`` must be non-negative instead of positive.
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@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ readline_append_history_file_impl(PyObject *module, int nelements,
 {
     if (nelements < 0)
     {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "nelements must be positive");
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "nelements must be non-negative");
         return NULL;
     }