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authorEzio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>2013-04-30 13:34:04 (GMT)
committerEzio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>2013-04-30 13:34:04 (GMT)
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#17881: clarify documentation of plistlib.
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@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ This module defines the following functions:
.. function:: readPlist(pathOrFile)
- Read a plist file. *pathOrFile* may either be a file name or a (readable)
- file object. Return the unpacked root object (which usually is a
+ Read a plist file. *pathOrFile* may either be a file name or a (readable and
+ binary) file object. Return the unpacked root object (which usually is a
dictionary).
The XML data is parsed using the Expat parser from :mod:`xml.parsers.expat`
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ This module defines the following functions:
.. function:: writePlist(rootObject, pathOrFile)
Write *rootObject* to a plist file. *pathOrFile* may either be a file name
- or a (writable) file object.
+ or a (writable and binary) file object.
A :exc:`TypeError` will be raised if the object is of an unsupported type or
a container that contains objects of unsupported types.