gh-132527: Added missing w typecode to array() error message (#132529)

ChVeen · terryjreedy · tomasr8 · web-flow · commit 52454c5d59c5 · 2025-04-25T16:31:05.000+03:00
Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy &lt;tjreedy@udel.edu&gt;
Co-authored-by: Tomas R. &lt;tomas.roun8@gmail.com&gt;
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-04-14-23-00-00.gh-issue-132527.kTi8T7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-04-14-23-00-00.gh-issue-132527.kTi8T7.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Include the valid typecode 'w' in the error message when an invalid typecode is passed to :class:`array.array`.
diff --git a/Modules/arraymodule.c b/Modules/arraymodule.c
@@ -2873,7 +2873,7 @@ array_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
         }
     }
     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-        "bad typecode (must be b, B, u, h, H, i, I, l, L, q, Q, f or d)");
+        "bad typecode (must be b, B, u, w, h, H, i, I, l, L, q, Q, f or d)");
     return NULL;
 }
 

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`@@ -0,0 +1 @@`
	`1`	+Include the valid typecode 'w' in the error message when an invalid typecode is passed to :class:`array.array`.
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`@@ -2873,7 +2873,7 @@ array_new(PyTypeObject type, PyObject args, PyObject *kwds)`
`2873`	`2873`	`}`
`2874`	`2874`	`}`
`2875`	`2875`	`PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,`
`2876`		`- "bad typecode (must be b, B, u, h, H, i, I, l, L, q, Q, f or d)");`
	`2876`	`+ "bad typecode (must be b, B, u, w, h, H, i, I, l, L, q, Q, f or d)");`
`2877`	`2877`	`return NULL;`
`2878`	`2878`	`}`
`2879`	`2879`