Commit b2865919 authored by Guido van Rossum's avatar Guido van Rossum

Document that heappop() and heapreplace() raise IndexError if the heap

is empty.
parent 83dcf5a2
......@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ heap invariant.
\begin{funcdesc}{heappop}{heap}
Pop and return the smallest item from the \var{heap}, maintaining the
heap invariant.
heap invariant. If the heap is empty, \exception{IndexError} is raised.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{heapify}{x}
......@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Transform list \var{x} into a heap, in-place, in linear time.
\begin{funcdesc}{heapreplace}{heap, item}
Pop and return the smallest item from the \var{heap}, and also push
the new \var{item}. The heap size doesn't change.
If the heap is empty, \exception{IndexError} is raised.
This is more efficient than \function{heappop()} followed
by \function{heappush()}, and can be more appropriate when using
a fixed-size heap. Note that the value returned may be larger
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