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| author | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2013-03-16 19:56:27 (GMT) |
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| committer | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2013-03-16 19:56:27 (GMT) |
| commit | dff04f44bc0a6f2964b71581934fb1d3f7335fd1 (patch) | |
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| parent | 58e1e50be1c19975cdff92f0670b9cff985b2308 (diff) | |
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Issue #17418: specify that buffer sizes are bytes as soon as possible.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 99f8335..93d35f8 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -868,8 +868,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. *buffering* is an optional integer used to set the buffering policy. Pass 0 to switch buffering off (only allowed in binary mode), 1 to select line buffering (only usable in text mode), and an integer > 1 to indicate the size - of a fixed-size chunk buffer. When no *buffering* argument is given, the - default buffering policy works as follows: + in bytes of a fixed-size chunk buffer. When no *buffering* argument is + given, the default buffering policy works as follows: * Binary files are buffered in fixed-size chunks; the size of the buffer is chosen using a heuristic trying to determine the underlying device's "block |