https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/57c3e775df5a5ca0982adf15010ed80a158b1b80
commit: 57c3e775df5a5ca0982adf15010ed80a158b1b80
branch: main
author: srinivasan <[email protected]>
committer: terryjreedy <[email protected]>
date: 2024-01-31T22:46:49-05:00
summary:
gh-114648: Add IndexError exception to tutorial datastructures list.pop entry
(#114681)
Remove redundant explanation of optional argument.
files:
M Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
index 87614d082a1d4e..de2827461e2f24 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
@@ -48,10 +48,9 @@ objects:
:noindex:
Remove the item at the given position in the list, and return it. If no
index
- is specified, ``a.pop()`` removes and returns the last item in the list.
(The
- square brackets around the *i* in the method signature denote that the
parameter
- is optional, not that you should type square brackets at that position. You
- will see this notation frequently in the Python Library Reference.)
+ is specified, ``a.pop()`` removes and returns the last item in the list.
+ It raises an :exc:`IndexError` if the list is empty or the index is
+ outside the list range.
.. method:: list.clear()
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