[Python-checkins] [3.6] bpo-33573: docs to suggest median() alternatives for non-numeric data (GH-7587) (GH-7907)

[Tal Einat]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8fd8cfa369fe4b6d6ac430cd28ead32717df7bee
commit: 8fd8cfa369fe4b6d6ac430cd28ead32717df7bee
branch: 3.6
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: Tal Einat <taleinat+github at gmail.com>
date: 2018-06-25T14:27:01+03:00
summary:

[3.6] bpo-33573: docs to suggest median() alternatives for non-numeric data (GH-7587) (GH-7907)

(cherry picked from commit fdd6e0bf18517c3dc5e24c48fbfe890229fad1b5)

files:
M Doc/library/statistics.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/statistics.rst b/Doc/library/statistics.rst
index 2aa778c4d06d..652e751366c5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/statistics.rst
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@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ However, for reading convenience, most of the examples show sorted sequences.
    This is suited for when your data is discrete, and you don't mind that the
    median may not be an actual data point.
 
+   If your data is ordinal (supports order operations) but not numeric (doesn't
+   support addition), you should use :func:`median_low` or :func:`median_high`
+   instead.
+
    .. seealso:: :func:`median_low`, :func:`median_high`, :func:`median_grouped`