#6564: fix section about the two raise syntaxes.
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@ -221,10 +221,11 @@ exception to occur. For example::
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File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
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NameError: HiThere
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The first argument to :keyword:`raise` names the exception to be raised. The
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optional second argument specifies the exception's argument. Alternatively, the
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above could be written as ``raise NameError('HiThere')``. Either form works
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fine, but there seems to be a growing stylistic preference for the latter.
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The argument to :keyword:`raise` is an exception class or instance to be
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raised. There is a deprecated alternate syntax that separates class and
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constructor arguments; the above could be written as ``raise NameError,
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'HiThere'``. Since it once was the only one available, the latter form is
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prevalent in older code.
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If you need to determine whether an exception was raised but don't intend to
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handle it, a simpler form of the :keyword:`raise` statement allows you to
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