[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/lib libmath.tex,1.29,1.30

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv7219/python/Doc/lib

Modified Files:
	libmath.tex 
Log Message:
Clarified new text about math exceptions.

Bugfix candidate.


Index: libmath.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libmath.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.29
retrieving revision 1.30
diff -C2 -d -r1.29 -r1.30
*** libmath.tex	26 Apr 2003 02:59:00 -0000	1.29
--- libmath.tex	26 Apr 2003 15:11:08 -0000	1.30
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*** 147,157 ****
  
  \begin{notice}
!   Specific exceptions raised in assorted error cases (and even whether some
    arguments are considered to be exceptional at all) are not defined in any
    useful cross-platform or cross-release way.  For example, whether
    \code{math.log(0)} returns \code{-Inf} or raises \exception{ValueError} or
!   \exception{OverflowError} is both platform- and release-dependent, and in
!   cases where \code{math.log(0)} raises an \exception{OverflowError},
!   \code{math.log(0L)} often raises a \exception{ValueError}.
  \end{notice}
  
--- 147,162 ----
  
  \begin{notice}
!   The \module{math} module consists mostly of thin wrappers around
!   the platform C math library functions.  Behavior in exceptional cases is
!   loosely specified by the C standards, and Python inherits much of its
!   math-function error-reporting behavior from the platform C
!   implementation.  As a result,
!   the specific exceptions raised in error cases (and even whether some
    arguments are considered to be exceptional at all) are not defined in any
    useful cross-platform or cross-release way.  For example, whether
    \code{math.log(0)} returns \code{-Inf} or raises \exception{ValueError} or
!   \exception{OverflowError} isn't defined, and in
!   cases where \code{math.log(0)} raises \exception{OverflowError},
!   \code{math.log(0L)} may raise \exception{ValueError} instead.
  \end{notice}