From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 07:32:28 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix nits in error messages.
X-Git-Tag: v2.4a1~1356
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0e4f76405d79e95abfdda21b9dfc10c7f32340e8;p=python

Fix nits in error messages.
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diff --git a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
index 7cafc14eaa..be2d7356fc 100644
--- a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ islice_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 				if (PyErr_Occurred())
 					PyErr_Clear();
 				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-				   "Stop argument must be an integer or None.");
+				   "Stop argument must be a non-negative integer or None.");
 				return NULL;
 			}
 		}
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ islice_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 		if (start == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
 			PyErr_Clear();
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-			   "Start argument must be an integer.");
+			   "Start argument must be a non-negative integer.");
 			return NULL;
 		}
 		if (a2 != Py_None) {
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ islice_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 				if (PyErr_Occurred())
 					PyErr_Clear();
 				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-				   "Stop argument must be an integer or None.");
+				   "Stop argument must be a non-negative integer or None.");
 				return NULL;
 			}
 		}
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ islice_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 
 	if (start<0 || stop<-1) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-		   "Indices for islice() must be positive.");
+		   "Indices for islice() must be non-negative integers.");
 		return NULL;
 	}