xml.dom documentation doesn't match implementation

[stefanseefeld]

BPO	2101
Nosy	@birkenfeld, @stefanseefeld
Files	issue_2101_doc.patch: Documentation patch

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labels = ['expert-XML', 'easy', 'type-bug', 'docs']
title = "xml.dom documentation doesn't match implementation"
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[stefanseefeld]

The docs at http://docs.python.org/lib/dom-element-objects.html
claim that removeAttribute(name) silently ignores the attempt to
remove an unknown attribute. However, the current implementation
in the minidom module (part of _xmlplus) raises an xml.dom.NotFoundErr
exception.

[brunogola]

This seems to be a documentation bug. Patch attached.

[birkenfeld]

Fixed in r61017.