From: Mark Dickinson <mdickinson@enthought.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:09:35 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Closes #9574: Note that complex constructor doesn't allow whitespace around central... 
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Closes #9574: Note that complex constructor doesn't allow whitespace around central operator.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 5f7bf4d276..f9e5e1be5b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -247,6 +247,13 @@ available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    the function serves as a numeric conversion function like :func:`int`,
    :func:`long` and :func:`float`.  If both arguments are omitted, returns ``0j``.
 
+   .. note::
+
+      When converting from a string, the string must not contain whitespace
+      around the central ``+`` or ``-`` operator.  For example,
+      ``complex('1+2j')`` is fine, but ``complex('1 + 2j')`` raises
+      :exc:`ValueError`.
+
    The complex type is described in :ref:`typesnumeric`.