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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2009-07-29 16:14:16 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2009-07-29 16:14:16 (GMT)
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#6586: fix return/argument type doc for os.read() and os.write().
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@@ -540,9 +540,9 @@ by file descriptors.
.. function:: read(fd, n)
- Read at most *n* bytes from file descriptor *fd*. Return a string containing the
+ Read at most *n* bytes from file descriptor *fd*. Return a bytestring containing the
bytes read. If the end of the file referred to by *fd* has been reached, an
- empty string is returned. Availability: Unix, Windows.
+ empty bytes object is returned. Availability: Unix, Windows.
.. note::
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ by file descriptors.
.. function:: write(fd, str)
- Write the string *str* to file descriptor *fd*. Return the number of bytes
- actually written. Availability: Unix, Windows.
+ Write the bytestring in *str* to file descriptor *fd*. Return the number of
+ bytes actually written. Availability: Unix, Windows.
.. note::