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authorCharles-François Natali <neologix@free.fr>2012-01-09 21:40:02 (GMT)
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Issue #12760: Add a create mode to open(). Patch by David Townshend.
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@@ -591,7 +591,8 @@ These functions create new :term:`file objects <file object>`. (See also :func:`
the built-in :func:`open` function.
When specified, the *mode* argument must start with one of the letters
- ``'r'``, ``'w'``, or ``'a'``, otherwise a :exc:`ValueError` is raised.
+ ``'r'``, ``'w'``, ``'x'`` or ``'a'``, otherwise a :exc:`ValueError` is
+ raised.
On Unix, when the *mode* argument starts with ``'a'``, the *O_APPEND* flag is
set on the file descriptor (which the :c:func:`fdopen` implementation already
@@ -599,6 +600,8 @@ These functions create new :term:`file objects <file object>`. (See also :func:`
Availability: Unix, Windows.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.3
+ The ``'x'`` mode was added.
.. _os-fd-ops: