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| author | Alessandro Cucci <none@none> | 2015-07-28 19:00:10 (GMT) |
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| committer | Alessandro Cucci <none@none> | 2015-07-28 19:00:10 (GMT) |
| commit | d8de44b6b3b36ec76154e7107891106451d6e7de (patch) | |
| tree | 3202ca9b3692f2c0bc5cd48582deb81dc3c57f4b /Doc | |
| parent | 111803c0389ff5c68da377dd3c27e30a68c3e2f0 (diff) | |
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Issue #24729: Update tutorial to match implementation.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst index 6f9c99d..29dc948 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst @@ -247,8 +247,9 @@ writing. The *mode* argument is optional; ``'r'`` will be assumed if it's omitted. Normally, files are opened in :dfn:`text mode`, that means, you read and write -strings from and to the file, which are encoded in a specific encoding (the -default being UTF-8). ``'b'`` appended to the mode opens the file in +strings from and to the file, which are encoded in a specific encoding. If +encoding is not specified the default is platform dependent (see :func:`~functions.open`). +``'b'`` appended to the mode opens the file in :dfn:`binary mode`: now the data is read and written in the form of bytes objects. This mode should be used for all files that don't contain text. @@ -437,4 +438,3 @@ The reference for the :mod:`json` module contains an explanation of this. written in other languages. It is also insecure by default: deserializing pickle data coming from an untrusted source can execute arbitrary code, if the data was crafted by a skilled attacker. - |