DOC: Document changes to ma.core._check_fill_value in release notes.

jjdmol · Mar 28, 2014 · 92a0a2c · 92a0a2c
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@@ -66,6 +66,17 @@ ndarray.tofile exception type
 All ``tofile`` exceptions are now ``IOError``, some were previously
 ``ValueError``.
 
+Invalid fill value exceptions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Two changes to numpy.ma.core._check_fill_value:
+
+* When the fill value is a string and the array type is not one of
+  'OSUV', TypeError is raised instead of the default fill value being used.
+
+* When the fill value overflows the array type, TypeError is raised instead
+  of OverflowError.
+
+
 The ``doc/swig`` directory moved
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 The ``doc/swig`` directory has been moved to ``tools/swig``.