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| author | Andre Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com> | 2019-09-10 13:04:22 (GMT) |
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| committer | Dino Viehland <dinoviehland@gmail.com> | 2019-09-10 13:04:22 (GMT) |
| commit | c1d8c1cb8e90a54a3daaa7fcdb8d6ca7f08d6a73 (patch) | |
| tree | 1b29b0b2adcdbf24185e677b9ebcd05b56228d57 | |
| parent | b7f8e52433b656a6a524229fd7a65e4682a43729 (diff) | |
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Note regarding + mode truncation applies to both text and binary mode (#11314)
* Improve doc on open's mode +
* Improve wording
* Address comment from Rémi
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index ce026eb..98a55c6 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -1070,12 +1070,12 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. ``'a'`` open for writing, appending to the end of the file if it exists ``'b'`` binary mode ``'t'`` text mode (default) - ``'+'`` open a disk file for updating (reading and writing) + ``'+'`` open for updating (reading and writing) ========= =============================================================== The default mode is ``'r'`` (open for reading text, synonym of ``'rt'``). - For binary read-write access, the mode ``'w+b'`` opens and truncates the file - to 0 bytes. ``'r+b'`` opens the file without truncation. + Modes ``'w+'`` and ``'w+b'`` opens and truncates the file. Modes ``'r+'`` + and ``'r+b'`` opens the file with no truncation. As mentioned in the :ref:`io-overview`, Python distinguishes between binary and text I/O. Files opened in binary mode (including ``'b'`` in the *mode* |