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| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1998-07-29 21:05:35 (GMT) |
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| committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1998-07-29 21:05:35 (GMT) |
| commit | 5fdd119abafacd11c6329d77b6cb6f032e08ea2d (patch) | |
| tree | 39ebcae19e93d1fd1d92fba77e0fdb4e9ceeedbb | |
| parent | b35631587b89af135de665f5417cd84edd27aeb2 (diff) | |
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Clarify the + and b mode characters for open() a bit.
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex index f00d81d..bc121c1 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex @@ -392,12 +392,14 @@ any kind of sequence; the result is always a list. \code{'a'} opens it for appending (which on \emph{some} \UNIX{} systems means that \emph{all} writes append to the end of the file, regardless of the current seek position). - Modes \code{'r+'}, \code{'w+'} and - \code{'a+'} open the file for updating, provided the underlying - \code{stdio} library understands this. On systems that differentiate - between binary and text files, \code{'b'} appended to the mode opens - the file in binary mode. If the file cannot be opened, - \exception{IOError} is raised. + + Modes \code{'r+'}, \code{'w+'} and \code{'a+'} open the file for + updating (note that \code{'w+'} truncates the file). Append + \code{'b'} to the mode to open the file in binary mode, on systems + that differentiate between binary and text files (else it is + ignored). If the file cannot be opened, \exception{IOError} is + raised. + If \var{mode} is omitted, it defaults to \code{'r'}. The optional \var{bufsize} argument specifies the file's desired buffer size: 0 means unbuffered, 1 means line buffered, any other |