Bugs item #1209671, was opened at 2005-05-27 00:49
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: William Chang (misterwilliam)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: dict.popitem documentation should mention empty dict case

Initial Comment:
Currently the documentation in the Python Library
Reference entry for Mapping Types does not mention what
happens when dict.popitem() is called on an empty mapping. 

I think that the documentation should mention that a
KeyError exception is raised. (At least this is what
happens when I try it in the official Python 2.4
release with a dictionary.)

If this omission was intentional to give room for
future implementors of python/mappings I feel that this
should at least be mentioned in the documentation to
remind programmers this behavior is not specified.

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