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| author | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2009-06-14 14:37:23 (GMT) |
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| committer | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2009-06-14 14:37:23 (GMT) |
| commit | 2a8b54d29cc943e7b8bc493d5500463b0e0af5ff (patch) | |
| tree | b49af5848a8866ab96ebb2eb7a7b66912b754bf9 | |
| parent | 3d8827dab67799ab624c22fa27fa423cb14ace27 (diff) | |
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update peek documentation to implementation
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diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst index 26285b4..67a8d4d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/io.rst +++ b/Doc/library/io.rst @@ -504,11 +504,9 @@ Buffered Streams .. method:: peek([n]) - Return 1 (or *n* if specified) bytes from a buffer without advancing the - position. Only a single read on the raw stream is done to satisfy the - call. The number of bytes returned may be less than requested since at - most all the buffer's bytes from the current position to the end are - returned. + Return bytes from the stream without advancing the position. Only a + single read on the raw stream is done to satisfy the call. The number of + bytes returned may be less or more than requested. .. method:: read([n]) |