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authorAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2008-07-03 12:50:03 (GMT)
committerAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2008-07-03 12:50:03 (GMT)
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Tweak wording
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@@ -2055,12 +2055,12 @@ Files have the following methods:
files, like ttys, it makes sense to continue reading after an EOF is hit.) Note
that this method may call the underlying C function :cfunc:`fread` more than
once in an effort to acquire as close to *size* bytes as possible. Also note
- that when in non-blocking mode, less data than what was requested may be
+ that when in non-blocking mode, less data than was requested may be
returned, even if no *size* parameter was given.
.. note::
- As this function depends of the underlying C function :cfunc:`fread`,
- it resembles its behaviour in details like caching EOF and others.
+ As this function depends on the underlying :cfunc:`fread` C function,
+ it will behave the same in details such as caching EOF.
.. method:: file.readline([size])