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gh-130433: Update documentation for MultipartConversionError #130436

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12 changes: 2 additions & 10 deletions Doc/library/email.errors.rst
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Expand Up @@ -45,16 +45,8 @@ The following exception classes are defined in the :mod:`email.errors` module:

.. exception:: MultipartConversionError()

Raised when a payload is added to a :class:`~email.message.Message` object
using :meth:`add_payload`, but the payload is already a scalar and the
message's :mailheader:`Content-Type` main type is not either
:mimetype:`multipart` or missing. :exc:`MultipartConversionError` multiply
inherits from :exc:`MessageError` and the built-in :exc:`TypeError`.

Since :meth:`Message.add_payload` is deprecated, this exception is rarely
raised in practice. However the exception may also be raised if the
:meth:`~email.message.Message.attach`
method is called on an instance of a class derived from
Raised if the :meth:`~email.message.Message.attach` method is called
on an instance of a class derived from
:class:`~email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart` (e.g.
:class:`~email.mime.image.MIMEImage`).

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