Barry A. Warsaw added the comment:

So, while we do have a conflict between consistency and utility, I think 
@r.david.murry 's last comment has convinced me that raising the exception is 
more helpful.  I think we should do that, fixing the documentation and giving 
up on the consistency issue.

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