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| author | Stanley <46876382+slateny@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-10-07 18:12:08 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-10-07 18:12:08 (GMT) |
| commit | 4a74e6ab3885e7906cc5e0b15addc7779bc76249 (patch) | |
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gh-64921: Clarify wording for open()'s newline arg (#96171)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 26ee302..93c9f4a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -1254,8 +1254,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. .. _open-newline-parameter: - *newline* controls how :term:`universal newlines` mode works (it only - applies to text mode). It can be ``None``, ``''``, ``'\n'``, ``'\r'``, and + *newline* determines how to parse newline characters from the stream. + It can be ``None``, ``''``, ``'\n'``, ``'\r'``, and ``'\r\n'``. It works as follows: * When reading input from the stream, if *newline* is ``None``, universal |