Docs in Python 3:raise statement mistake

[RamchandraApte]

BPO	13683
Nosy	@terryjreedy, @sandrotosi

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title = 'Docs in Python 3:raise statement mistake'
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[RamchandraApte]

In the Python 3 docs for the raise statement, http://docs.python.org/py3k/reference/simple_stmts.html#the-raise-statement,the docs say "If no exception is active in the current scope, a TypeError exception is raised indicating that this is an error (if running under IDLE, a queue.Empty exception is raised instead).

This is wrong in Python 3 because raise raises a RuntimeError and IDLE does the same (does not raise a queue.Empty Exception).

The text should be "If no exception is active in the current scope, a RuntimeError exception is raised indicating that this is an error."

[terryjreedy]

Verified for 3.2.2 cmd window and idle. Fix looks good.

[python-dev]

New changeset 420e01156272 by Sandro Tosi in branch '3.2':
Issue bpo-13683: raise with no exception in scope throws a RuntimeError; fix by Ramchandra Apte
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/420e01156272