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5.2.4 What About Exceptions?

No problem, as long as the only output generated by the example is the traceback itself. For example:

>>> [1, 2, 3].remove(42)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ValueError: list.remove(x): x not in list
>>>

Note that only the exception type and value are compared (specifically, only the last line in the traceback). The various ``File'' lines in between can be left out (unless they add significantly to the documentation value of the example).

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Release 2.2.1, documentation updated on April 10, 2002.