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authorjugglinmike <mike@mikepennisi.com>2017-05-24 18:25:50 (GMT)
committerR. David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2017-05-24 18:25:50 (GMT)
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bpo-30160: Clarify intended usage of wfile (gh-1300)
The library does not enforce compliance with the HTTP protocol, so violations are not technically disallowed. Extend the stream's description to avoid suggesting that intentional protocol violations are not supported.
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@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ of which this module provides three different variants:
Contains the output stream for writing a response back to the
client. Proper adherence to the HTTP protocol must be used when writing to
- this stream.
+ this stream in order to achieve successful interoperation with HTTP
+ clients.
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
This is an :class:`io.BufferedIOBase` stream.