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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2009-07-03 14:11:15 (GMT)
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2009-07-03 14:11:15 (GMT)
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Merged revisions 73812 via svnmerge from
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@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ made more efficient by using the function :func:`StringIO` from this module
instead.
Since this module provides a factory function which returns objects of built-in
-types, there's no way to build your own version using subclassing. Use the
-original :mod:`StringIO` module in that case.
+types, there's no way to build your own version using subclassing. It's not
+possible to set attributes on it. Use the original :mod:`StringIO` module in
+those cases.
Unlike the memory files implemented by the :mod:`StringIO` module, those
provided by this module are not able to accept Unicode strings that cannot be