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| author | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2009-10-20 21:56:16 (GMT) |
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| committer | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2009-10-20 21:56:16 (GMT) |
| commit | 810a80ab6451a7173b168c89feb73f04329f2852 (patch) | |
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| parent | 011bd62c8ca1888e04e579a4dac3dcc103e9a74b (diff) | |
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clarify the buffer arg
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 54dd2ea..3dfbff1 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -718,8 +718,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. *buffering* is an optional integer used to set the buffering policy. By default full buffering is on. Pass 0 to switch buffering off (only allowed - in binary mode), 1 to set line buffering, and an integer > 1 for full - buffering. + in binary mode), 1 to set line buffering, and an integer > 1 to indicate the + size of the buffer. *encoding* is the name of the encoding used to decode or encode the file. This should only be used in text mode. The default encoding is platform |