[Python-checkins] [3.7] bpo-33573: docs to suggest median() alternatives for non-numeric data (GH-7587) (GH-7906)

[Tal Einat]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/150cd3cb272021e9a2d865dd28486b00199fe77d
commit: 150cd3cb272021e9a2d865dd28486b00199fe77d
branch: 3.7
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: Tal Einat <taleinat+github at gmail.com>
date: 2018-06-25T14:18:54+03:00
summary:

[3.7] bpo-33573: docs to suggest median() alternatives for non-numeric data (GH-7587) (GH-7906)

(cherry picked from commit fdd6e0bf18517c3dc5e24c48fbfe890229fad1b5)

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M Doc/library/statistics.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/statistics.rst b/Doc/library/statistics.rst
index bc3817836b93..26bb592b2381 100644
--- a/Doc/library/statistics.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/statistics.rst
@@ -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`