refactor: change TypeError into ValueError, both in the validator and…

… tests
microsoft · Sep 22, 2016 · 5bcce8b · 5bcce8b
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diff --git a/qcodes/tests/test_validators.py b/qcodes/tests/test_validators.py
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ def test_divisors(self):
             for v in self.multiples:
                 if v == 0:
                     continue
-                with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+                with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
                     n.validate(v)
 
             for v in self.not_multiples:

diff --git a/qcodes/utils/validators.py b/qcodes/utils/validators.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def __init__(self, divisor=1, **kwargs):
     def validate(self, value, context=''):
         super().validate(value=value, context=context)
         if not value % self._divisor == 0:
-            raise TypeError('{} is not a multiple of {}; {}'.format(
+            raise ValueError('{} is not a multiple of {}; {}'.format(
                 repr(value), repr(self._divisor), context))
 
     def __repr__(self):