[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r83763 - in python/branches/py3k: Doc/library/signal.rst Lib/test/test_signal.py Misc/NEWS Modules/signalmodule.c

[Hirokazu Yamamoto]

On 2010/08/07 19:09, Greg Ewing wrote:
> Hirokazu Yamamoto wrote:
>
>> #define SIG(name) if (sig_num != SIG##name)
>> SIG(ABRT) SIG(FPE) SIG(ILL) SIG(INT) SIG(SEGV) SIG(TERM) {
>> PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "signal number out of range");
>
> "Out of range" doesn't seem like quite the right message here,
> because it suggests a contiguous range of legal values, which
> isn't the case.

I agree, I suppose "invalid signal number" or something is better.