Moved NotImplementedError into alphabetical order, and reword

warsaw · warsaw · commit 6d26f4b1883e · 1998-12-01T19:48:04.000Z
description.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libexcs.tex b/Doc/lib/libexcs.tex
@@ -213,6 +213,13 @@ \section{Built-in Exceptions}
   not be found.
 \end{excdesc}
 
+\begin{excdesc}{NotImplementedError}
+  \versionadded{1.5.2}
+  This exception is derived from \exception{RuntimeError}.  In user
+  defined base classes, abstract methods should raise this exception
+  when they require derived classes to override the method.
+\end{excdesc}
+
 \begin{excdesc}{OSError}
   \versionadded{1.5.2}
   %xref for os module
@@ -241,15 +248,6 @@ \section{Built-in Exceptions}
   more.)
 \end{excdesc}
 
-\begin{excdesc}{NotImplementedError}
-  \versionadded{1.5.2}
-  This exception is derived from \exception{RuntimeError}.  Its
-  purpose is to provide a standard exception to be used when modeling
-  abstract class methods.  Abstract base class methods should raise
-  this exception when they expect derived classes to override the
-  method.
-\end{excdesc}
-
 \begin{excdesc}{SyntaxError}
 % XXXJH xref to these functions?
   Raised when the parser encounters a syntax error.  This may occur in
