From 026200b561e694bdb6580f1e32de716dbbd7ff8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: srinivasan Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 09:16:49 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] gh-114648: Add IndexError exception to tutorial datastructures list.pop entry (GH-114681) Remove redundant explanation of optional argument. (cherry picked from commit 57c3e775df5a5ca0982adf15010ed80a158b1b80) Co-authored-by: srinivasan --- Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst index 87614d082a1d4e..de2827461e2f24 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst @@ -48,10 +48,9 @@ objects: :noindex: Remove the item at the given position in the list, and return it. If no index - is specified, ``a.pop()`` removes and returns the last item in the list. (The - square brackets around the *i* in the method signature denote that the parameter - is optional, not that you should type square brackets at that position. You - will see this notation frequently in the Python Library Reference.) + is specified, ``a.pop()`` removes and returns the last item in the list. + It raises an :exc:`IndexError` if the list is empty or the index is + outside the list range. .. method:: list.clear()