https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3c0888b25b4c1dc1dee6d0edf05d51d3cc24486e
commit: 3c0888b25b4c1dc1dee6d0edf05d51d3cc24486e
branch: main
author: Stan Ulbrych <[email protected]>
committer: JelleZijlstra <[email protected]>
date: 2025-12-22T11:36:44-08:00
summary:

gh-89152: Note truth testing exception in `stdtypes.rst` (#137640)

Co-authored-by: Peter Bierma <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <[email protected]>

files:
M Doc/library/stdtypes.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index f33b73238ec8b3..7eaa9f48ab5bc4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ Any object can be tested for truth value, for use in an 
:keyword:`if` or
 By default, an object is considered true unless its class defines either a
 :meth:`~object.__bool__` method that returns ``False`` or a
 :meth:`~object.__len__` method that
-returns zero, when called with the object. [1]_  Here are most of the built-in
-objects considered false:
+returns zero, when called with the object. [1]_ If one of the methods raises an
+exception when called, the exception is propagated and the object does
+not have a truth value (for example, :data:`NotImplemented`).
+Here are most of the built-in objects considered false:
 
 .. index::
    single: None (Built-in object)

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