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authorNeal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>2003-02-06 21:17:17 (GMT)
committerNeal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>2003-02-06 21:17:17 (GMT)
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Update doc to reflect code changes for obsoleting use_statcache parameter
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@@ -16,16 +16,11 @@ Compare the files named \var{f1} and \var{f2}, returning \code{True} if
they seem equal, \code{False} otherwise.
Unless \var{shallow} is given and is false, files with identical
-\function{os.stat()} signatures are taken to be equal. If
-\var{use_statcache} is given and is true,
-\function{statcache.stat()} will be called rather then
-\function{os.stat()}; the default is to use \function{os.stat()}.
+\function{os.stat()} signatures are taken to be equal.
+\versionchanged[\var{use_statcache} is obsolete and ignored.]{2.3}
Files that were compared using this function will not be compared again
-unless their \function{os.stat()} signature changes. Note that using
-\var{use_statcache} true will cause the cache invalidation mechanism to
-fail --- the stale stat value will be used from \refmodule{statcache}'s
-cache.
+unless their \function{os.stat()} signature changes.
Note that no external programs are called from this function, giving it
portability and efficiency.