trac #16120 change to ValueError

sagemath · Apr 11, 2014 · e5e01d0 · e5e01d0
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diff --git a/src/sage/rings/universal_cyclotomic_field/universal_cyclotomic_field.py b/src/sage/rings/universal_cyclotomic_field/universal_cyclotomic_field.py
@@ -1284,11 +1284,11 @@ def __float__(self):
                 sage: float(E(5))
                 Traceback (most recent call last):
                 ...
-                TypeError: E(5) is not real
+                ValueError: E(5) is not real
             """
             if self.is_real():
                 return float(CDF(self).real_part())
-            raise TypeError("{} is not real".format(self))
+            raise ValueError("{} is not real".format(self))
 
         def _rational_(self):
             r"""