diff options
| author | Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> | 2007-12-08 14:37:43 (GMT) |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> | 2007-12-08 14:37:43 (GMT) |
| commit | 4e3ebe0baeba9a7b4a1dcfcadb8b042aef7eb5fb (patch) | |
| tree | 1bb48ca261de00182fc2d7068c24cfb2f1df39a4 | |
| parent | e40a6a85ee46019b5473f3240058612f7ee88ae5 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-4e3ebe0baeba9a7b4a1dcfcadb8b042aef7eb5fb.zip cpython-4e3ebe0baeba9a7b4a1dcfcadb8b042aef7eb5fb.tar.gz cpython-4e3ebe0baeba9a7b4a1dcfcadb8b042aef7eb5fb.tar.bz2 | |
Note that open() is the preferred way to open files (issue 1510).
| -rw-r--r-- | Objects/fileobject.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Python/bltinmodule.c | 3 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/fileobject.c b/Objects/fileobject.c index 271f4cd..4dd5c71 100644 --- a/Objects/fileobject.c +++ b/Objects/fileobject.c @@ -2065,7 +2065,8 @@ PyDoc_STR( "opened for writing. Add a 'b' to the mode for binary files.\n" "Add a '+' to the mode to allow simultaneous reading and writing.\n" "If the buffering argument is given, 0 means unbuffered, 1 means line\n" -"buffered, and larger numbers specify the buffer size.\n" +"buffered, and larger numbers specify the buffer size. The preferred way\n" +"to open a file is with the builtin open() function.\n" ) PyDoc_STR( "Add a 'U' to mode to open the file for input with universal newline\n" diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c index e1242fd..92304b3 100644 --- a/Python/bltinmodule.c +++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c @@ -1357,7 +1357,8 @@ builtin_open(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds) PyDoc_STRVAR(open_doc, "open(name[, mode[, buffering]]) -> file object\n\ \n\ -Open a file using the file() type, returns a file object."); +Open a file using the file() type, returns a file object. This is the\n\ +preferred way to open a file."); static PyObject * |