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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2014-02-02 16:11:01 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2014-02-02 16:11:01 (GMT) |
| commit | 4885f49e7fcef35ad25c50f4c6876c56e2a9f545 (patch) | |
| tree | fe1b3367a3a5585596a2cd72f7e4df7eefe78138 /Lib/filecmp.py | |
| parent | 70e04f5fbc0b62c4d1d04fd982204437120f791d (diff) | |
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whatsnew: filecmp.clear_cache, and reword description of cache in docs.
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diff --git a/Lib/filecmp.py b/Lib/filecmp.py index 3285288..dd5a2af 100644 --- a/Lib/filecmp.py +++ b/Lib/filecmp.py @@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ def cmp(f1, f2, shallow=True): True if the files are the same, False otherwise. This function uses a cache for past comparisons and the results, - with a cache invalidation mechanism relying on stale signatures - or by explicitly calling clear_cache(). + with cache entries invalidated if their stat information + changes. The cache may be cleared by calling clear_cache(). """ |