[Python-checkins] cpython (3.4): Issue #21559: Add alternative (historical) reason for OverflowError.

[terry.reedy]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9ba324a20bad
changeset:   91206:9ba324a20bad
branch:      3.4
parent:      91204:8fcbe41e1242
user:        Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>
date:        Mon Jun 16 03:31:00 2014 -0400
summary:
  Issue #21559: Add alternative (historical) reason for OverflowError.

files:
  Doc/library/exceptions.rst |  7 ++++---
  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
--- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
@@ -274,9 +274,10 @@
 
    Raised when the result of an arithmetic operation is too large to be
    represented.  This cannot occur for integers (which would rather raise
-   :exc:`MemoryError` than give up).  Because of the lack of standardization of
-   floating point exception handling in C, most floating point operations also
-   aren't checked.
+   :exc:`MemoryError` than give up).  However, for historical reasons,
+   OverflowError is sometimes raised for integers that are outside a required
+   range.   Because of the lack of standardization of floating point exception
+   handling in C, most floating point operations are not checked.
 
 
 .. exception:: ReferenceError

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