Closes #13361: Raise correct exception type.
diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index a0c4cb7..dad69ae 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@
"""
rv = None
if not isinstance(name, basestring):
- raise ValueError('A logger name must be string or Unicode')
+ raise TypeError('A logger name must be string or Unicode')
if isinstance(name, unicode):
name = name.encode('utf-8')
_acquireLock()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_logging.py b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
index b2d0a2b..2aac360 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_logging.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
])
def test_invalid_name(self):
- self.assertRaises(ValueError, logging.getLogger, any)
+ self.assertRaises(TypeError, logging.getLogger, any)
class BasicFilterTest(BaseTest):