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authorMartin Panter <vadmium>2015-09-11 03:58:30 (GMT)
committerMartin Panter <vadmium>2015-09-11 03:58:30 (GMT)
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Issue #25030: Do not document seek() as if it accepts keyword arguments
Patch from Shiyao Ma.
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/io.rst13
-rw-r--r--Misc/ACKS1
-rw-r--r--Modules/_io/bytesio.c2
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst
index 3adf6e9..9b12045 100644
--- a/Doc/library/io.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/io.rst
@@ -301,11 +301,11 @@ I/O Base Classes
Note that it's already possible to iterate on file objects using ``for
line in file: ...`` without calling ``file.readlines()``.
- .. method:: seek(offset, whence=SEEK_SET)
+ .. method:: seek(offset[, whence])
Change the stream position to the given byte *offset*. *offset* is
- interpreted relative to the position indicated by *whence*. Values for
- *whence* are:
+ interpreted relative to the position indicated by *whence*. The default
+ value for *whence* is :data:`SEEK_SET`. Values for *whence* are:
* :data:`SEEK_SET` or ``0`` -- start of the stream (the default);
*offset* should be zero or positive
@@ -760,10 +760,11 @@ Text I/O
If *size* is specified, at most *size* characters will be read.
- .. method:: seek(offset, whence=SEEK_SET)
+ .. method:: seek(offset[, whence])
- Change the stream position to the given *offset*. Behaviour depends
- on the *whence* parameter:
+ Change the stream position to the given *offset*. Behaviour depends on
+ the *whence* parameter. The default value for *whence* is
+ :data:`SEEK_SET`.
* :data:`SEEK_SET` or ``0``: seek from the start of the stream
(the default); *offset* must either be a number returned by
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 1a00ae3..41888b7 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1276,6 +1276,7 @@ Alexander Shigin
Pete Shinners
Michael Shiplett
John W. Shipman
+Shiyao Ma
Alex Shkop
Joel Shprentz
Yue Shuaijie
diff --git a/Modules/_io/bytesio.c b/Modules/_io/bytesio.c
index 4652356..b55ab72 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/bytesio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/bytesio.c
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ bytesio_iternext(bytesio *self)
}
PyDoc_STRVAR(seek_doc,
-"seek(pos, whence=0) -> int. Change stream position.\n"
+"seek(pos[, whence]) -> int. Change stream position.\n"
"\n"
"Seek to byte offset pos relative to position indicated by whence:\n"
" 0 Start of stream (the default). pos should be >= 0;\n"