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| author | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2012-01-11 19:14:14 (GMT) |
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| committer | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2012-01-11 19:14:14 (GMT) |
| commit | 7a825ba3c655bbfb0a4dc4794e0f9f15b1dfd179 (patch) | |
| tree | f3b38ea5b491f106a4f144d720d0aad23962aefe /Doc/library | |
| parent | 610e8140de8e8f0640ee75c793664ba6d0cc27fd (diff) | |
| parent | e247928fedde92e27801887857841f0975915d12 (diff) | |
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Merge with 3.2
#11633 Clarify print buffering (will change again if 13761 adds flush param).
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 3cf5335..3ef01cc 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -959,7 +959,9 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. *end*. The *file* argument must be an object with a ``write(string)`` method; if it - is not present or ``None``, :data:`sys.stdout` will be used. + is not present or ``None``, :data:`sys.stdout` will be used. Output buffering + is determined by *file*. Use ``sys.stdout.flush()`` to ensure immediate + appearance on a screen. .. function:: property(fget=None, fset=None, fdel=None, doc=None) |