From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 21:16:37 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Clarify os.strerror()s exception behavior.
X-Git-Tag: v2.6b1~480
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3fc974f2d4d3d8f0c5ae54f3a347422b50a1c560;p=python

Clarify os.strerror()s exception behavior.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 0790f644d8..b2d8f80857 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ process and user.
 .. function:: strerror(code)
 
    Return the error message corresponding to the error code in *code*.
-   Availability: Unix, Windows.
+   On platforms where :cfunc:`strerror` returns ``NULL`` when given an unknown
+   error number, :exc:`ValueError` is raised.  Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: umask(mask)