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| author | Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> | 2004-05-10 23:12:52 (GMT) |
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| committer | Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> | 2004-05-10 23:12:52 (GMT) |
| commit | dd69b0ab6c8ba25b6cdff65df30524411dee3cc8 (patch) | |
| tree | 6d1e01c8c38cd0814b0cfe71297cea105f635b92 | |
| parent | fb85739494ffdd12a674bfe0d83f93da7ba75aa1 (diff) | |
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Added a note describing how fp should be opened in binary mode, especially on
Windows. Closes SF # 586899.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex b/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex index 947c2d3..767b678 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex @@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ argument, \var{fp} by the \method{next()} method of the mailbox object. The default is the \class{rfc822.Message} class (see the \refmodule{rfc822} module -- and the note below). +\note{For reasons of this module's internal implementation, you will probably +want to open the \var{fp} object in binary mode. This is especially important +on Windows.} + For maximum portability, messages in a \UNIX-style mailbox are separated by any line that begins exactly with the string \code{'From '} (note the trailing space) if preceded by exactly two newlines. |