Patch #1015021: Stop claiming that coerce can return None.

loewis · loewis · commit 8d494f3241f8 · 2004-08-25T10:42:41.000Z
Will backport to 2.3.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ \section{Non-essential Built-in Functions \label{non-essential-built-in-funcs}}
 \begin{funcdesc}{coerce}{x, y}
   Return a tuple consisting of the two numeric arguments converted to
   a common type, using the same rules as used by arithmetic
-  operations.
+  operations. If coercion is not possible, raise \exception{TypeError}.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{intern}{string}
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -322,11 +322,11 @@ builtin_coerce(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(coerce_doc,
-"coerce(x, y) -> None or (x1, y1)\n\
+"coerce(x, y) -> (x1, y1)\n\
 \n\
-When x and y can be coerced to values of the same type, return a tuple\n\
-containing the coerced values.  When they can't be coerced, return None.");
-
+Return a tuple consisting of the two numeric arguments converted to\n\
+a common type, using the same rules as used by arithmetic operations.\n\
+If coercion is not possible, raise TypeError.");
 
 static PyObject *
 builtin_compile(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
