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docstring-extraneous-exception (DOC502)

Derived from the pydoclint linter.

This rule is unstable and in preview. The --preview flag is required for use.

What it does

Checks for function docstrings that include exceptions which are not explicitly raised.

Why is this bad?

Some conventions prefer non-explicit exceptions be omitted from the docstring.

This rule is not enforced for stub functions.

Example

def calculate_speed(distance: float, time: float) -> float:
    """Calculate speed as distance divided by time.

    Args:
        distance: Distance traveled.
        time: Time spent traveling.

    Returns:
        Speed as distance divided by time.

    Raises:
        ZeroDivisionError: Divided by zero.
    """
    return distance / time

Use instead:

def calculate_speed(distance: float, time: float) -> float:
    """Calculate speed as distance divided by time.

    Args:
        distance: Distance traveled.
        time: Time spent traveling.

    Returns:
        Speed as distance divided by time.
    """
    return distance / time