From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 03:04:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: SF bug #1033038:  Misleading error message in random.choice
X-Git-Tag: v2.4b1~150
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=78a5271d3e79e4ee074b832629bfff9ca1c255ef;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

SF bug #1033038:  Misleading error message in random.choice

Added a clarifying line to the docs.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/librandom.tex b/Doc/lib/librandom.tex
index 443528dc634e..1daac6144b0c 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/librandom.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/librandom.tex
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ Functions for sequences:
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{choice}{seq}
   Return a random element from the non-empty sequence \var{seq}.
+  If \var{seq} is empty, raises \exception{IndexError}.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{shuffle}{x\optional{, random}}