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| author | Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> | 2008-10-07 07:03:04 (GMT) |
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| committer | Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> | 2008-10-07 07:03:04 (GMT) |
| commit | 651423c1eb91a7e5a0ff346d2f52a654b765344a (patch) | |
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More bytes vs. strings documentation.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 1fdbeec..7fe9258 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -710,10 +710,11 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. Open a file. If the file cannot be opened, :exc:`IOError` is raised. - *file* is either a string giving the name (and the path if the file isn't in - the current working directory) of the file to be opened or an integer file - descriptor of the file to be wrapped. (If a file descriptor is given, it is - closed when the returned I/O object is closed, unless *closefd* is set to + *file* is either a string or bytes object giving the name (and the + path if the file isn't in the current working directory) of the + file to be opened or an integer file descriptor of the file to be + wrapped. (If a file descriptor is given, it is closed when the + returned I/O object is closed, unless *closefd* is set to ``False``.) *mode* is an optional string that specifies the mode in which the file is |