[New-bugs-announce] [issue18297] In range.sample() correct the ValueError message for negative k

[py.user]

New submission from py.user:

>>> random.sample('ABC', -1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.3/random.py", line 302, in sample
    raise ValueError("Sample larger than population")
ValueError: Sample larger than population
>>>

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation, Library (Lib)
messages: 191832
nosy: docs at python, py.user
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: In range.sample() correct the ValueError message for negative k
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.3, Python 3.4

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<http://bugs.python.org/issue18297>
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