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  r73941 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-11 12:39:00 +0200 (Sa, 11 Jul 2009) | 9 lines

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    r73940 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-11 12:37:38 +0200 (Sa, 11 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    #6430: add note about size of "u" type.
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  r73942 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-11 12:39:23 +0200 (Sa, 11 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  #6430: remove mention of "w" array typecode.
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  r73943 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-11 12:43:08 +0200 (Sa, 11 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  #6421: The self argument of module-level PyCFunctions is now a reference to the module object.
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  r74076 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-18 11:07:48 +0200 (Sa, 18 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  #6502: add missing comma in docstring.
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  r74094 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-19 09:25:56 +0200 (So, 19 Jul 2009) | 10 lines

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    r74089 | senthil.kumaran | 2009-07-19 04:43:43 +0200 (So, 19 Jul 2009) | 3 lines

    Fix for issue5102, timeout value propages between redirects, proxy, digest and
    auth handlers. Fixed tests to reflect the same.
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  r74186 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-23 11:19:09 +0200 (Do, 23 Jul 2009) | 9 lines

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    r74185 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-23 11:17:09 +0200 (Do, 23 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Fix the "pylocals" gdb command.
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  r74211 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 16:48:09 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 9 lines

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    r74210 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 16:44:23 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Move member descriptions inside the classes.
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  r74212 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 16:54:51 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 9 lines

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    r74209 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 16:37:28 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    builtin -> built-in.
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  r74213 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 17:02:41 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 9 lines

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    r74207 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 16:19:57 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    #6577: fix (hopefully) all links to builtin instead of module/class-specific objects.
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  r74214 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 17:03:49 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 9 lines

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    r74205 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 15:36:39 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    #6576: fix cross-refs in re docs.
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  r74247 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 09:27:08 +0200 (Mi, 29 Jul 2009) | 9 lines

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    r74239 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-28 18:55:32 +0000 (Di, 28 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Clarify quote_plus() usage.
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  r74254 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 18:14:16 +0200 (Mi, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  #6586: fix return/argument type doc for os.read() and os.write().
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  r74262 | alexandre.vassalotti | 2009-07-29 21:54:39 +0200 (Mi, 29 Jul 2009) | 57 lines

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    r74074 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-18 05:03:10 -0400 (Sat, 18 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    #6513: fix example code: warning categories are classes, not instances.
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    r74077 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-18 05:43:40 -0400 (Sat, 18 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    #6489: fix an ambiguity in getiterator() documentation.
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    r74111 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-07-20 09:30:10 -0400 (Mon, 20 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    remove docs for deprecated -p option
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    r74188 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-07-23 10:25:31 -0400 (Thu, 23 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    use bools
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    r74192 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-24 12:28:38 -0400 (Fri, 24 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Fix arg types of et#.
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    r74193 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-24 12:46:38 -0400 (Fri, 24 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Dont put "void" in signature for nullary functions.
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    r74200 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-25 09:02:15 -0400 (Sat, 25 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    #6571: add index entries for more operators.
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    r74252 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 12:06:31 -0400 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    #6593: fix link targets.
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    r74253 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 12:09:17 -0400 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    #6591: add reference to ioctl in fcntl module for platforms other than Windows.
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    r74258 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 12:57:05 -0400 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Add a link to readline, and mention IPython and bpython.
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    r74259 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 13:07:21 -0400 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Fix some markup and small factual glitches found by M. Markert.
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    r74260 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 13:15:20 -0400 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Fix a few markup glitches.
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    r74261 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 13:50:25 -0400 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Rewrite the section about classes a bit; mostly tidbits, and a larger update to the section about "private" variables to reflect the Pythonic consensus better.
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  r74311 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-04 22:29:27 +0200 (Di, 04 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  Slightly improve buffer-related error message.
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  r74334 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 19:51:03 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  #6648: mention surrogateescape handler where all standard handlers are listed.
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    r74328 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 17:06:25 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line

    Fix base keyword arg name for int() and long().
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    r74332 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 19:23:21 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line

    Fix punctuation and one copy-paste error.
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    r74333 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 19:43:55 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line

    #6658: fix two typos.
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    #6679: Remove mention that sub supports no flags.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 218437e..206a15c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -516,10 +516,10 @@ by file descriptors.
 
    .. note::
 
-      This function is intended for low-level I/O.  For normal usage, use the built-in
-      function :func:`open`, which returns a "file object" with :meth:`~file.read` and
-      :meth:`~file.write` methods (and many more).  To wrap a file descriptor in a "file
-      object", use :func:`fdopen`.
+      This function is intended for low-level I/O.  For normal usage, use the
+      built-in function :func:`open`, which returns a "file object" with
+      :meth:`~file.read` and :meth:`~file.write` methods (and many more).  To
+      wrap a file descriptor in a "file object", use :func:`fdopen`.
 
 
 .. function:: openpty()
@@ -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::
 
@@ -662,10 +662,10 @@ Files and Directories
 
    .. note::
 
-      Using :func:`access` to check if a user is authorized to e.g. open a file before
-      actually doing so using :func:`open` creates a security hole, because the user
-      might exploit the short time interval  between checking and opening the file to
-      manipulate it.
+      Using :func:`access` to check if a user is authorized to e.g. open a file
+      before actually doing so using :func:`open` creates a security hole,
+      because the user might exploit the short time interval between checking
+      and opening the file to manipulate it.
 
    .. note::