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Author barry
Recipients barry, ncoghlan, r.david.murray, timb07
Date 2017-09-07.19:34:06
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So, while we do have a conflict between consistency and utility, I think @r.david.murry 's last comment has convinced me that raising the exception is more helpful.  I think we should do that, fixing the documentation and giving up on the consistency issue.
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