Bugs item #1209671, was opened at 2005-05-27 02:49 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by rhettinger You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1209671&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Documentation Group: Python 2.4 >Status: Closed >Resolution: Fixed 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) Date: 2005-05-27 05:46 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=80475 Okay, fixed. Thanks for the report. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: William Chang (misterwilliam) Date: 2005-05-27 02:51 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1286263 I wasn't being very precise when I substituted dict for mapping types in the summary. I'm so used to thinking of them interchangeablely. I suppose it might matter though. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1209671&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
