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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2011-02-25 10:03:34 (GMT) |
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committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2011-02-25 10:03:34 (GMT) |
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r87101 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-06 23:02:48 +0100 (Mo, 06 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Remove visible XXX comments.
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r87146 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-09 19:08:43 +0100 (Do, 09 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Fix "seperate".
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r87156 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-10 11:01:44 +0100 (Fr, 10 Dez 2010) | 1 line
#10668: fix wrong call of __init__.
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r87172 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-11 20:10:30 +0100 (Sa, 11 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Avoid AttributeError(_closed) when a TemporaryDirectory is deallocated whose mkdtemp call failed.
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r87175 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-11 23:19:34 +0100 (Sa, 11 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Fix markup.
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r87371 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-18 17:21:58 +0100 (Sa, 18 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Fix typo.
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r87378 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-18 18:51:28 +0100 (Sa, 18 Dez 2010) | 1 line
#10723: add missing builtin exceptions.
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r87522 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 10:16:12 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Replace sys.maxint mention by sys.maxsize.
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r87523 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 10:18:24 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Remove confusing paragraph -- this is relevant only to advanced users anyway and does not belong into the tutorial.
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r87524 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 10:29:19 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Fix advice: call PyType_Ready to fill in ob_type of custom types.
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r87526 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 11:38:33 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
#10777: fix iteration over dict keys while mutating the dict.
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r87527 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 11:56:20 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
#10768: fix ScrolledText widget construction, and make the example work from the interactive shell.
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r87528 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:02:12 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Add news entry and clarify another.
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r87530 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:06:07 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
#10767: update README in crashers; not all may have a bug entry and/or be fixed.
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r87531 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:08:17 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
#10742: document readonly attribute of memoryviews.
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r87532 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:15:49 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
#10781: clarify that *encoding* is not a parameter for Node objects in general.
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r87533 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:38:12 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Remove history; adapt a bit more to reST, since this will once be part of the dev guide.
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r87534 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:48:53 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Rewrap.
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r87535 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:49:41 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
#10739: document that on Windows, socket.makefile() does not make a file that has a true file descriptor usable where such a thing is expected.
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r87536 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:53:25 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
#10609: fix non-working dbm example.
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r87581 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-30 18:36:17 +0100 (Do, 30 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Fix NameErrors.
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diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index d7f2749..7431545 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -179,22 +179,22 @@ Glossary not expressions. extension module - A module written in C or C++, using Python's C API to interact with the core and - with user code. + A module written in C or C++, using Python's C API to interact with the + core and with user code. file object An object exposing a file-oriented API (with methods such as - :meth:`read()` or :meth:`write()`) to an underlying resource. - Depending on the way it was created, a file object can mediate access - to a real on-disk file or to another other type of storage or - communication device (for example standard input/output, in-memory - buffers, sockets, pipes, etc.). File objects are also called - :dfn:`file-like objects` or :dfn:`streams`. - - There are actually three categories of file objects: raw binary - files, buffered binary files and text files. Their interfaces are - defined in the :mod:`io` module. The canonical way to create a - file object is by using the :func:`open` function. + :meth:`read()` or :meth:`write()`) to an underlying resource. Depending + on the way it was created, a file object can mediate access to a real + on-disk file or to another other type of storage or communication device + (for example standard input/output, in-memory buffers, sockets, pipes, + etc.). File objects are also called :dfn:`file-like objects` or + :dfn:`streams`. + + There are actually three categories of file objects: raw binary files, + buffered binary files and text files. Their interfaces are defined in the + :mod:`io` module. The canonical way to create a file object is by using + the :func:`open` function. file-like object A synonym for :term:`file object`. |