[issue22797] urllib.request.urlopen documentation falsely guarantees that a URLError will be raised on errors

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 2d69d0419879 by Martin Panter in branch 'default': Issue #22797: Synchronize urlopen() doc string with RST documentation https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2d69d0419879 -- ___ Python tracker

[issue22797] urllib.request.urlopen documentation falsely guarantees that a URLError will be raised on errors

R. David Murray added the comment: Thanks, Alexander. -- resolution: -> fixed stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed versions: +Python 3.5 ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue22797] urllib.request.urlopen documentation falsely guarantees that a URLError will be raised on errors

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset b4df20312b78 by R David Murray in branch 'default': Clean up urlopen doc string. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b4df20312b78 -- ___ Python tracker _

[issue22797] urllib.request.urlopen documentation falsely guarantees that a URLError will be raised on errors

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 8b6b6add8e47 by R David Murray in branch 'default': psuedo merge: #22797: clarify when URLErrors are raised by urlopen. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/8b6b6add8e47 -- ___ Python tracker

[issue22797] urllib.request.urlopen documentation falsely guarantees that a URLError will be raised on errors

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset aed4b9981fca by R David Murray in branch '3.5': #22797: clarify when URLErrors are raised by urlopen. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/aed4b9981fca New changeset d085b4f779af by R David Murray in branch '3.5': Merge: #22797: clarify when URLErrors

[issue22797] urllib.request.urlopen documentation falsely guarantees that a URLError will be raised on errors

Alexander Liu added the comment: Fixed the docs to specifically note that only protocol related errors raise the UrlError exception. -- nosy: +alex_thebear versions: +Python 3.6 -Python 3.4 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file43131/urlopen_doc.patch _

[issue22797] urllib.request.urlopen documentation falsely guarantees that a URLError will be raised on errors

R. David Murray added the comment: (Looking at your new patch...thanks for giving it a try even though I wasn't clear). There are lots of other errors it can raise, too. I was thinking more along the lines of "raises URLError on http protocol errors". The problem is that's not completely ac

[issue22797] urllib.request.urlopen documentation falsely guarantees that a URLError will be raised on errors

Changes by Joshua Chin : Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file37131/urlopen_doc.patch ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing li

[issue22797] urllib.request.urlopen documentation falsely guarantees that a URLError will be raised on errors

R. David Murray added the comment: This is a general principle in Python. A module may raise specific errors, but there are always other errors that may be raised. The wording could be clarified, but it should not be removed. -- nosy: +r.david.murray

[issue22797] urllib.request.urlopen documentation falsely guarantees that a URLError will be raised on errors

New submission from Joshua Chin: The documentation for urlopen states that it "Raises URLError on errors." However, urlopen can raise a ValueError. In fact, test_urllib. urlopen_FileTests.test_relativelocalfile specifically checks if urlopen raises a ValueError. I suggest removing the guarant