"Invalid literal for int() with base 10": is it really a literal?

[Roel Schroeven]

Kevin M. Wilson's post "Invalid literal for int() with base 10?" got me 
thinking about the use of the word "literal" in that message. Is it 
correct to use "literal" in that context? It's correct in something like 
this:

 >>> int('invalid')
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'invalid'

But something like this generates the same message:

 >>> int(input())
hello
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'hello'

In cases like this there is no literal in sight.

I'm thinking it would be more correct to use the term 'value' here: 
ValueError: invalid value for int() with base 10: 'hello'
Does my reasoning make sense?

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