[3.13] gh-135110: Fix misleading generator.close() documentation (GH-135152)
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…thonGH-135152) The documentation incorrectly stated that generator.close() 'raises' a GeneratorExit exception. This was misleading because the method doesn't raise the exception to the caller - it sends the exception internally to the generator and returns None. (cherry picked from commit 0d76dcc) Co-authored-by: Connor Denihan <188690869+cdenihan@users.noreply.github.com>
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The documentation incorrectly stated that generator.close() 'raises' a
GeneratorExit exception. This was misleading because the method doesn't
raise the exception to the caller - it sends the exception internally
to the generator and returns None.
(cherry picked from commit 0d76dcc)
Co-authored-by: Connor Denihan 188690869+cdenihan@users.noreply.github.com
generator.close()never raisesGeneratorExit#135110📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--135986.org.readthedocs.build/