From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 17:44:39 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Improve text of some error messages, as suggested by Sean Reifschneider.
X-Git-Tag: v1.6a1~1586
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9bcd1d7931f32fdc4a677aacd0c0f4932b22118b;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Improve text of some error messages, as suggested by Sean Reifschneider.
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diff --git a/Objects/listobject.c b/Objects/listobject.c
index 51d3d07fe355..05da5dcc0fe6 100644
--- a/Objects/listobject.c
+++ b/Objects/listobject.c
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ docompare(x, y, compare)
 	if (!PyInt_Check(res)) {
 		Py_DECREF(res);
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-				"comparison function should return int");
+				"comparison function must return int");
 		return CMPERROR;
 	}
 	i = PyInt_AsLong(res);
@@ -1340,7 +1340,8 @@ listcount(self, args)
 	int i;
 	
 	if (args == NULL) {
-		PyErr_BadArgument();
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+				"list.count(x): argument missing");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < self->ob_size; i++) {