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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2001-01-27 10:56:14 (GMT)
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2001-01-27 10:56:14 (GMT)
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Emphasis that instantiating this class doesn't consume the message body.
Fix some unclear language in the description of the addrlist member.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex b/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex
index 9d35830..a31c8c4 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ parameter. Message relies only on the input object having a
\method{readline()} method; in particular, ordinary file objects
qualify. Instantiation reads headers from the input object up to a
delimiter line (normally a blank line) and stores them in the
-instance.
+instance. The message body, following the headers, is not consumed.
This class can work with any input object that supports a
\method{readline()} method. If the input object has seek and tell
@@ -263,6 +263,6 @@ Finally, \class{AddressList} instances have one public instance variable:
\begin{memberdesc}{addresslist}
A list of tuple string pairs, one per address. In each member, the
-first is the canonicalized name part of the address, the second is the
-route-address (@-separated host-domain pair).
+first is the canonicalized name part, the second is the
+actual route-address (@-separated username-host.domain pair).
\end{memberdesc}