[3.15] gh-156635: Fix the exceptions in the xml.dom documentation (GH-156636) - #156637
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…honGH-156636) Node.insertBefore(), Node.removeChild() and Node.replaceChild() raise NotFoundErr, not ValueError. Element.removeAttribute() and Element.removeAttributeNS() raise NotFoundErr if there is no matching attribute, which contradicts the DOM, so this is documented as a deviation in the minidom documentation. (cherry picked from commit 74b944a) Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
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Node.insertBefore(), Node.removeChild() and Node.replaceChild() raise
NotFoundErr, not ValueError.
Element.removeAttribute() and Element.removeAttributeNS() raise
NotFoundErr if there is no matching attribute, which contradicts the
DOM, so this is documented as a deviation in the minidom documentation.
(cherry picked from commit 74b944a)
Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka storchaka@gmail.com
xml.domdocuments wrong exceptions for some methods #156635