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author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1996-06-26 19:21:24 (GMT) |
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committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1996-06-26 19:21:24 (GMT) |
commit | 4d206541be5ae9444674ac7b480fdd0dcbe238ea (patch) | |
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parent | 50ec5c074ab23fe0fc67915a7c3208faaf8d61d7 (diff) | |
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Slight update; file args are no longer optional.
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diff --git a/Doc/libimp.tex b/Doc/libimp.tex index dbced97..e1e4a53 100644 --- a/Doc/libimp.tex +++ b/Doc/libimp.tex @@ -67,15 +67,15 @@ Return \code{1} if there is a frozen module (see \code{init_frozen}) called \var{name}, \code{0} if there is no such module. \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{load_compiled}{name\, pathname\, \optional{file}} +\begin{funcdesc}{load_compiled}{name\, pathname\, file} Load and initialize a module implemented as a byte-compiled code file and return its module object. If the module was already initialized, it will be initialized {\em again}. The \var{name} argument is used to create or access a module object. The \var{pathname} argument -points to the byte-compiled code file. The optional \var{file} +points to the byte-compiled code file. The \var{file} argument is the byte-compiled code file, open for reading in binary -mode, from the beginning --- if not given, the function opens -\var{pathname}. It must currently be a real file object, not a +mode, from the beginning. +It must currently be a real file object, not a user-defined class emulating a file. \end{funcdesc} @@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ shared libraries is highly system dependent, and not all systems support it.) \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{load_source}{name\, pathname\, \optional{file}} +\begin{funcdesc}{load_source}{name\, pathname\, file} Load and initialize a module implemented as a Python source file and return its module object. If the module was already initialized, it will be initialized {\em again}. The \var{name} argument is used to create or access a module object. The \var{pathname} argument points -to the source file. The optional \var{file} argument is the source -file, open for reading as text, from the beginning --- if not given, -the function opens \var{pathname}. It must currently be a real file +to the source file. The \var{file} argument is the source +file, open for reading as text, from the beginning. +It must currently be a real file object, not a user-defined class emulating a file. Note that if a properly matching byte-compiled file (with suffix \code{.pyc}) exists, it will be used instead of parsing the given source file. |