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author | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2014-06-15 01:51:34 (GMT) |
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committer | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2014-06-15 01:51:34 (GMT) |
commit | ef8abfc082daeb6e389dff8859640ed87da0cc12 (patch) | |
tree | 580476591d56dd7bc0159fa981aab3e9d6e15d85 /Doc | |
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document IOBase.__del__'s behavior (closes #21764)
Patch from Nikolaus Rath.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst index 79f65e0..0c7d3c7 100644 --- a/Doc/library/io.rst +++ b/Doc/library/io.rst @@ -353,6 +353,12 @@ I/O Base Classes is usual for each of the lines provided to have a line separator at the end. + .. method:: __del__() + + Prepare for object destruction. :class:`IOBase` provides a default + implementation of this method that calls the instance's + :meth:`~IOBase.close` method. + .. class:: RawIOBase |