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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1998-06-30 16:35:25 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1998-06-30 16:35:25 (GMT)
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Note that readline returns '' on EOF, not "EOF" (whatever that may be).
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@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ boundary will raise an error.
\begin{methoddesc}{readline}{str}
Read a line. If the line is data (not a section-divider or end-marker
or real EOF) return it. If the line matches the most-recently-stacked
-boundary, return EOF and set \code{self.last} to 1 or 0 according as
+boundary, return \code{''} and set \code{self.last} to 1 or 0 according as
the match is or is not an end-marker. If the line matches any other
stacked boundary, raise an error. If the line is a real EOF, raise an
error unless all boundaries have been popped.