diff -r 907d71668d3c Doc/howto/cporting.rst --- a/Doc/howto/cporting.rst Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Doc/howto/cporting.rst Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ * :c:func:`PyCapsule_GetName` always returns NULL. - * :c:func:`PyCapsule_SetName` always throws an exception and + * :c:func:`PyCapsule_SetName` always raises an exception and returns failure. (Since there's no way to store a name in a CObject, noisy failure of :c:func:`PyCapsule_SetName` was deemed preferable to silent failure here. If this is diff -r 907d71668d3c Doc/library/contextlib.rst --- a/Doc/library/contextlib.rst Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Doc/library/contextlib.rst Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ files = [stack.enter_context(open(fname)) for fname in filenames] # All opened files will automatically be closed at the end of # the with statement, even if attempts to open files later - # in the list throw an exception + # in the list raise an exception Each instance maintains a stack of registered callbacks that are called in reverse order when the instance is closed (either explicitly or implicitly diff -r 907d71668d3c Doc/library/imaplib.rst --- a/Doc/library/imaplib.rst Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Doc/library/imaplib.rst Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ :class:`ssl.SSLContext` object which allows bundling SSL configuration options, certificates and private keys into a single (potentially long-lived) structure. Note that the *keyfile*/*certfile* parameters are mutually exclusive with *ssl_context*, - a :class:`ValueError` is thrown if *keyfile*/*certfile* is provided along with *ssl_context*. + a :class:`ValueError` is raised if *keyfile*/*certfile* is provided along with *ssl_context*. .. versionchanged:: 3.3 *ssl_context* parameter added. diff -r 907d71668d3c Doc/library/os.rst --- a/Doc/library/os.rst Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ output) specifies which file descriptor should be queried. If the file descriptor is not connected to a terminal, an :exc:`OSError` - is thrown. + is raised. :func:`shutil.get_terminal_size` is the high-level function which should normally be used, ``os.get_terminal_size`` is the low-level @@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@ :mod:`os` module permit use of their *dir_fd* parameter. Different platforms provide different functionality, and an option that might work on one might be unsupported on another. For consistency's sakes, functions that support - *dir_fd* always allow specifying the parameter, but will throw an exception + *dir_fd* always allow specifying the parameter, but will raise an exception if the functionality is not actually available. To check whether a particular function permits use of its *dir_fd* @@ -1986,7 +1986,7 @@ descriptor. Different platforms provide different functionality, and an option that might work on one might be unsupported on another. For consistency's sakes, functions that support *fd* always allow specifying - the parameter, but will throw an exception if the functionality is not + the parameter, but will raise an exception if the functionality is not actually available. To check whether a particular function permits specifying an open file @@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ platforms provide different functionality, and an option that might work on one might be unsupported on another. For consistency's sakes, functions that support *follow_symlinks* always allow specifying the parameter, but will - throw an exception if the functionality is not actually available. + raise an exception if the functionality is not actually available. To check whether a particular function permits use of its *follow_symlinks* parameter, use the ``in`` operator on ``supports_follow_symlinks``. As an diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/asyncore.py --- a/Lib/asyncore.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/asyncore.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ else: return data except socket.error as why: - # winsock sometimes throws ENOTCONN + # winsock sometimes raises ENOTCONN if why.args[0] in _DISCONNECTED: self.handle_close() return b'' diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/contextlib.py --- a/Lib/contextlib.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/contextlib.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ files = [stack.enter_context(open(fname)) for fname in filenames] # All opened files will automatically be closed at the end of # the with statement, even if attempts to open files later - # in the list throw an exception + # in the list raise an exception """ def __init__(self): diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py --- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ unittest.TestCase): def test_no_compiler(self): - # makes sure query_vcvarsall throws + # makes sure query_vcvarsall raises # a DistutilsPlatformError if the compiler # is not found from distutils.msvc9compiler import query_vcvarsall diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/email/feedparser.py --- a/Lib/email/feedparser.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/email/feedparser.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ data. When you have no more data to push into the parser, call .close(). This completes the parsing and returns the root message object. -The other advantage of this parser is that it will never throw a parsing +The other advantage of this parser is that it will never raise a parsing exception. Instead, when it finds something unexpected, it adds a 'defect' to the current message. Defects are just instances that live on the message object's .defects attribute. @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ # supposed to see in the body of the message. self._parse_headers(headers) # Headers-only parsing is a backwards compatibility hack, which was - # necessary in the older parser, which could throw errors. All + # necessary in the older parser, which could raise errors. All # remaining lines in the input are thrown into the message body. if self._headersonly: lines = [] diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/email/header.py --- a/Lib/email/header.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/email/header.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ else: s = s.decode(input_charset, errors) # Ensure that the bytes we're storing can be decoded to the output - # character set, otherwise an early error is thrown. + # character set, otherwise an early error is raised. output_charset = charset.output_codec or 'us-ascii' if output_charset != _charset.UNKNOWN8BIT: try: diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/email/utils.py --- a/Lib/email/utils.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/email/utils.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ 'utf-8'. """ name, address = pair - # The address MUST (per RFC) be ascii, so throw a UnicodeError if it isn't. + # The address MUST (per RFC) be ascii, so raise an UnicodeError if it isn't. address.encode('ascii') if name: try: diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/imaplib.py --- a/Lib/imaplib.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/imaplib.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ ssl_context - a SSLContext object that contains your certificate chain and private key (default: None) Note: if ssl_context is provided, then parameters keyfile or - certfile should not be set otherwise ValueError is thrown. + certfile should not be set otherwise ValueError is raised. for more documentation see the docstring of the parent class IMAP4. """ diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/io.py --- a/Lib/io.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/io.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ At the top of the I/O hierarchy is the abstract base class IOBase. It defines the basic interface to a stream. Note, however, that there is no separation between reading and writing to streams; implementations are -allowed to throw an IOError if they do not support a given operation. +allowed to raise an IOError if they do not support a given operation. Extending IOBase is RawIOBase which deals simply with the reading and writing of raw bytes to a stream. FileIO subclasses RawIOBase to provide diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/logging/__init__.py --- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ """ sinfo = None if _srcfile: - #IronPython doesn't track Python frames, so findCaller throws an + #IronPython doesn't track Python frames, so findCaller raises an #exception on some versions of IronPython. We trap it here so that #IronPython can use logging. try: @@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ Added the ``style`` parameter. .. versionchanged:: 3.3 - Added the ``handlers`` parameter. A ``ValueError`` is now thrown for + Added the ``handlers`` parameter. A ``ValueError`` is now raised for incompatible arguments (e.g. ``handlers`` specified together with ``filename``/``filemode``, or ``filename``/``filemode`` specified together with ``stream``, or ``handlers`` specified together with diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/multiprocessing/util.py --- a/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ if current_process() is not None: # We check if the current process is None here because if - # it's None, any call to ``active_children()`` will throw + # it's None, any call to ``active_children()`` will raise # an AttributeError (active_children winds up trying to # get attributes from util._current_process). One # situation where this can happen is if someone has diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/pkgutil.py --- a/Lib/pkgutil.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/pkgutil.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ return importlib.find_loader(fullname, path) except (ImportError, AttributeError, TypeError, ValueError) as ex: # This hack fixes an impedance mismatch between pkgutil and - # importlib, where the latter throws other errors for cases where + # importlib, where the latter raises other errors for cases where # pkgutil previously threw ImportError msg = "Error while finding loader for {!r} ({}: {})" raise ImportError(msg.format(fullname, type(ex), ex)) from ex diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/tempfile.py --- a/Lib/tempfile.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/tempfile.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ def __init__(self, suffix="", prefix=template, dir=None): self._closed = False - self.name = None # Handle mkdtemp throwing an exception + self.name = None # Handle mkdtemp raising an exception self.name = mkdtemp(suffix, prefix, dir) def __repr__(self): diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/test/test_codeop.py --- a/Lib/test/test_codeop.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_codeop.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ '''succeed iff str is the start of an invalid piece of code''' try: compile_command(str,symbol=symbol) - self.fail("No exception thrown for invalid code") + self.fail("No exception raised for invalid code") except SyntaxError: self.assertTrue(is_syntax) except OverflowError: diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py --- a/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ self.assertEqual(response.status, 200) self.assertEqual(response.getheader("Content-type"), "text/html") - # Server throws an exception if we don't start to read the data + # Server raises an exception if we don't start to read the data response.read() def test_invalid_get_response(self): diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/test/test_imaplib.py --- a/Lib/test/test_imaplib.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_imaplib.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ return line += part except IOError: - # ..but SSLSockets throw exceptions. + # ..but SSLSockets raise exceptions. return if line.endswith(b'\r\n'): break diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/test/test_minidom.py --- a/Lib/test/test_minidom.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_minidom.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ '' '\u20ac'.encode('utf-16')) - # Verify that character decoding errors throw exceptions instead + # Verify that character decoding errors raise exceptions instead # of crashing self.assertRaises(UnicodeDecodeError, parseString, b'Comment \xe7a va ? Tr\xe8s bien ?') diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/test/test_os.py --- a/Lib/test/test_os.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -202,33 +202,33 @@ try: result[200] - self.fail("No exception thrown") + self.fail("No exception raised") except IndexError: pass # Make sure that assignment fails try: result.st_mode = 1 - self.fail("No exception thrown") + self.fail("No exception raised") except AttributeError: pass try: result.st_rdev = 1 - self.fail("No exception thrown") + self.fail("No exception raised") except (AttributeError, TypeError): pass try: result.parrot = 1 - self.fail("No exception thrown") + self.fail("No exception raised") except AttributeError: pass # Use the stat_result constructor with a too-short tuple. try: result2 = os.stat_result((10,)) - self.fail("No exception thrown") + self.fail("No exception raised") except TypeError: pass @@ -273,20 +273,20 @@ # Make sure that assignment really fails try: result.f_bfree = 1 - self.fail("No exception thrown") + self.fail("No exception raised") except AttributeError: pass try: result.parrot = 1 - self.fail("No exception thrown") + self.fail("No exception raised") except AttributeError: pass # Use the constructor with a too-short tuple. try: result2 = os.statvfs_result((10,)) - self.fail("No exception thrown") + self.fail("No exception raised") except TypeError: pass @@ -2018,7 +2018,7 @@ size = os.get_terminal_size() except OSError as e: if sys.platform == "win32" or e.errno in (errno.EINVAL, errno.ENOTTY): - # Under win32 a generic OSError can be thrown if the + # Under win32 a generic OSError can be raised if the # handle cannot be retrieved self.skipTest("failed to query terminal size") raise @@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@ actual = os.get_terminal_size(sys.__stdin__.fileno()) except OSError as e: if sys.platform == "win32" or e.errno in (errno.EINVAL, errno.ENOTTY): - # Under win32 a generic OSError can be thrown if the + # Under win32 a generic OSError can be raised if the # handle cannot be retrieved self.skipTest("failed to query terminal size") raise diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/test/test_posix.py --- a/Lib/test/test_posix.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_posix.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ posix.rename(support.TESTFN + 'ren', support.TESTFN) raise else: - posix.stat(support.TESTFN) # should not throw exception + posix.stat(support.TESTFN) # should not raise exception finally: posix.close(f) @@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ def test_unlink_dir_fd(self): f = posix.open(posix.getcwd(), posix.O_RDONLY) support.create_empty_file(support.TESTFN + 'del') - posix.stat(support.TESTFN + 'del') # should not throw exception + posix.stat(support.TESTFN + 'del') # should not raise exception try: posix.unlink(support.TESTFN + 'del', dir_fd=f) except: diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/test/test_pty.py --- a/Lib/test/test_pty.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_pty.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ # platform-dependent amount of data is written to its fd. On # Linux 2.6, it's 4000 bytes and the child won't block, but on OS # X even the small writes in the child above will block it. Also - # on Linux, the read() will throw an OSError (input/output error) + # on Linux, the read() will raise an OSError (input/output error) # when it tries to read past the end of the buffer but the child's # already exited, so catch and discard those exceptions. It's not # worth checking for EIO. diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/test/test_sax.py --- a/Lib/test/test_sax.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_sax.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ def test_5027_1(self): # The xml prefix (as in xml:lang below) is reserved and bound by # definition to http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace. XMLGenerator had - # a bug whereby a KeyError is thrown because this namespace is missing + # a bug whereby a KeyError is raised because this namespace is missing # from a dictionary. # # This test demonstrates the bug by parsing a document. @@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ def test_5027_2(self): # The xml prefix (as in xml:lang below) is reserved and bound by # definition to http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace. XMLGenerator had - # a bug whereby a KeyError is thrown because this namespace is missing + # a bug whereby a KeyError is raised because this namespace is missing # from a dictionary. # # This test demonstrates the bug by direct manipulation of the diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/test/test_signal.py --- a/Lib/test/test_signal.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_signal.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ # This wait should be interrupted by the signal's exception. self.wait(child) time.sleep(1) # Give the signal time to be delivered. - self.fail('HandlerBCalled exception not thrown') + self.fail('HandlerBCalled exception not raised') except HandlerBCalled: self.assertTrue(self.b_called) self.assertFalse(self.a_called) @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ # test-running process from all the signals. It then # communicates with that child process over a pipe and # re-raises information about any exceptions the child - # throws. The real work happens in self.run_test(). + # raises. The real work happens in self.run_test(). os_done_r, os_done_w = os.pipe() with closing(os.fdopen(os_done_r, 'rb')) as done_r, \ closing(os.fdopen(os_done_w, 'wb')) as done_w: diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/test/test_socketserver.py --- a/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def simple_subprocess(testcase): pid = os.fork() if pid == 0: - # Don't throw an exception; it would be caught by the test harness. + # Don't raise an exception; it would be caught by the test harness. os._exit(72) yield None pid2, status = os.waitpid(pid, 0) diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/test/test_sys_settrace.py --- a/Lib/test/test_sys_settrace.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_sys_settrace.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ except ValueError: pass else: - self.fail("exception not thrown!") + self.fail("exception not raised!") except RuntimeError: self.fail("recursion counter not reset") diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/test/test_time.py --- a/Lib/test/test_time.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_time.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def test_strptime(self): # Should be able to go round-trip from strftime to strptime without - # throwing an exception. + # raising an exception. tt = time.gmtime(self.t) for directive in ('a', 'A', 'b', 'B', 'c', 'd', 'H', 'I', 'j', 'm', 'M', 'p', 'S', diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/test/test_uu.py --- a/Lib/test/test_uu.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_uu.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ out = io.BytesIO() try: uu.decode(inp, out) - self.fail("No exception thrown") + self.fail("No exception raised") except uu.Error as e: self.assertEqual(str(e), "Truncated input file") @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ out = io.BytesIO() try: uu.decode(inp, out) - self.fail("No exception thrown") + self.fail("No exception raised") except uu.Error as e: self.assertEqual(str(e), "No valid begin line found in input file") diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/test/test_winreg.py --- a/Lib/test/test_winreg.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_winreg.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def test_changing_value(self): # Issue2810: A race condition in 2.6 and 3.1 may cause - # EnumValue or QueryValue to throw "WindowsError: More data is + # EnumValue or QueryValue to raise "WindowsError: More data is # available" done = False @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ def test_dynamic_key(self): # Issue2810, when the value is dynamically generated, these - # throw "WindowsError: More data is available" in 2.6 and 3.1 + # raise "WindowsError: More data is available" in 2.6 and 3.1 try: EnumValue(HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA, 0) except OSError as e: diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/test/test_zipfile.py --- a/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ with zipfile.ZipFile(data, mode="w") as zipf: zipf.writestr("foo.txt", "O, for a Muse of Fire!") - # This is correct; calling .read on a closed ZipFile should throw + # This is correct; calling .read on a closed ZipFile should raise # a RuntimeError, and so should calling .testzip. An earlier # version of .testzip would swallow this exception (and any other) # and report that the first file in the archive was corrupt. diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/tkinter/__init__.py --- a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ pass def _exit(code=0): - """Internal function. Calling it will throw the exception SystemExit.""" + """Internal function. Calling it will raise the exception SystemExit.""" try: code = int(code) except ValueError: diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/unittest/case.py --- a/Lib/unittest/case.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/unittest/case.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -542,10 +542,10 @@ return '%s : %s' % (safe_repr(standardMsg), safe_repr(msg)) def assertRaises(self, excClass, callableObj=None, *args, **kwargs): - """Fail unless an exception of class excClass is thrown + """Fail unless an exception of class excClass is raised by callableObj when invoked with arguments args and keyword arguments kwargs. If a different type of exception is - thrown, it will not be caught, and the test case will be + raised, it will not be caught, and the test case will be deemed to have suffered an error, exactly as for an unexpected exception. diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/wsgiref/validate.py --- a/Lib/wsgiref/validate.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/wsgiref/validate.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ When applied between a WSGI server and a WSGI application, this middleware will check for WSGI compliancy on a number of levels. This middleware does not modify the request or response in any - way, but will throw an AssertionError if anything seems off + way, but will raise an AssertionError if anything seems off (except for a failure to close the application iterator, which - will be printed to stderr -- there's no way to throw an exception + will be printed to stderr -- there's no way to raise an exception at that point). """ diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/xml/sax/_exceptions.py --- a/Lib/xml/sax/_exceptions.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/xml/sax/_exceptions.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ the application: you can subclass it to provide additional functionality, or to add localization. Note that although you will receive a SAXException as the argument to the handlers in the - ErrorHandler interface, you are not actually required to throw + ErrorHandler interface, you are not actually required to raise the exception; instead, you can simply read the information in it.""" @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ the original XML document. Note that although the application will receive a SAXParseException as the argument to the handlers in the ErrorHandler interface, the application is not actually required - to throw the exception; instead, it can simply read the + to raise the exception; instead, it can simply read the information in it and take a different action. Since this exception is a subclass of SAXException, it inherits @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ self._locator = locator # We need to cache this stuff at construction time. - # If this exception is thrown, the objects through which we must + # If this exception is raised, the objects through which we must # traverse to get this information may be deleted by the time # it gets caught. self._systemId = self._locator.getSystemId() diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py --- a/Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ SAX parsers are not required to provide localization for errors and warnings; if they cannot support the requested locale, - however, they must throw a SAX exception. Applications may + however, they must raise a SAX exception. Applications may request a locale change in the middle of a parse.""" raise SAXNotSupportedException("Locale support not implemented") diff -r 907d71668d3c Lib/xmlrpc/client.py --- a/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ class MultiCallIterator: """Iterates over the results of a multicall. Exceptions are - thrown in response to xmlrpc faults.""" + raised in response to xmlrpc faults.""" def __init__(self, results): self.results = results diff -r 907d71668d3c Modules/_io/_iomodule.c --- a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ "At the top of the I/O hierarchy is the abstract base class IOBase. It\n" "defines the basic interface to a stream. Note, however, that there is no\n" "separation between reading and writing to streams; implementations are\n" -"allowed to throw an IOError if they do not support a given operation.\n" +"allowed to raise an IOError if they do not support a given operation.\n" "\n" "Extending IOBase is RawIOBase which deals simply with the reading and\n" "writing of raw bytes to a stream. FileIO subclasses RawIOBase to provide\n" diff -r 907d71668d3c Modules/parsermodule.c --- a/Modules/parsermodule.c Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Modules/parsermodule.c Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ err_string("parse tree does not use a valid start symbol"); } } - /* Make sure we throw an exception on all errors. We should never + /* Make sure we raise an exception on all errors. We should never * get this, but we'd do well to be sure something is done. */ if (st == NULL && !PyErr_Occurred()) @@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ else if (!ISNONTERMINAL(type)) { /* * It has to be one or the other; this is an error. - * Throw an exception. + * Raise an exception. */ PyObject *err = Py_BuildValue("os", elem, "unknown node type."); PyErr_SetObject(parser_error, err); @@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ if (ISTERMINAL(num)) { /* * The tuple is simple, but it doesn't start with a start symbol. - * Throw an exception now and be done with it. + * Raise an exception now and be done with it. */ tuple = Py_BuildValue("os", tuple, "Illegal syntax-tree; cannot start with terminal symbol."); diff -r 907d71668d3c Modules/posixmodule.c --- a/Modules/posixmodule.c Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ #if defined _MSC_VER && _MSC_VER >= 1400 /* Microsoft CRT in VS2005 and higher will verify that a filehandle is - * valid and throw an assertion if it isn't. + * valid and raise an assertion if it isn't. * Normally, an invalid fd is likely to be a C program error and therefore * an assertion can be useful, but it does contradict the POSIX standard * which for write(2) states: @@ -2716,7 +2716,7 @@ result = fchmodat(dir_fd, path.narrow, mode, follow_symlinks ? 0 : AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW); /* - * But wait! We can't throw the exception without allowing threads, + * But wait! We can't raise the exception without allowing threads, * and we can't do that in this nested scope. (Macro trickery, sigh.) */ fchmodat_nofollow_unsupported = @@ -10617,7 +10617,7 @@ "which file descriptor should be queried.\n" \ "\n" \ "If the file descriptor is not connected to a terminal, an OSError\n" \ - "is thrown.\n" \ + "is raised.\n" \ "\n" \ "This function will only be defined if an implementation is\n" \ "available for this system.\n" \ diff -r 907d71668d3c Python/pythonrun.c --- a/Python/pythonrun.c Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Python/pythonrun.c Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -2518,7 +2518,7 @@ PyOS_CheckStack(void) { __try { - /* alloca throws a stack overflow exception if there's + /* alloca raises a stack overflow exception if there's not enough space left on the stack */ alloca(PYOS_STACK_MARGIN * sizeof(void*)); return 0; diff -r 907d71668d3c Tools/scripts/find_recursionlimit.py --- a/Tools/scripts/find_recursionlimit.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Tools/scripts/find_recursionlimit.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def test_compiler_recursion(): # The compiler uses a scaling factor to support additional levels # of recursion. This is a sanity check of that scaling to ensure - # it still throws RuntimeError even at higher recursion limits + # it still raises RuntimeError even at higher recursion limits compile("()" * (10 * sys.getrecursionlimit()), "", "single") def check_limit(n, test_func_name): diff -r 907d71668d3c Tools/scripts/serve.py --- a/Tools/scripts/serve.py Sun Dec 16 21:10:35 2012 +0100 +++ b/Tools/scripts/serve.py Tue Dec 18 19:35:27 2012 +0200 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ''' Small wsgiref based web server. Takes a path to serve from and an optional port number (defaults to 8000), then tries to serve files. -Mime types are guessed from the file names, 404 errors are thrown +Mime types are guessed from the file names, 404 errors are raised if the file is not found. Used for the make serve target in Doc. ''' import sys