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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2005-01-11 15:33:03 (GMT)
committerRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2005-01-11 15:33:03 (GMT)
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SF bug #1099516: tempfile files not types.FileType
Clarified that the returned object is file-like rather than an actual file.
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diff --git a/Lib/tempfile.py b/Lib/tempfile.py
index ae2ed9e..dd7e864 100644
--- a/Lib/tempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tempfile.py
@@ -414,9 +414,9 @@ def NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+b', bufsize=-1, suffix="",
'bufsize' -- the buffer size argument to os.fdopen (default -1).
The file is created as mkstemp() would do it.
- Returns a file object; the name of the file is accessible as
- file.name. The file will be automatically deleted when it is
- closed.
+ Returns an object with a file-like interface; the name of the file
+ is accessible as file.name. The file will be automatically deleted
+ when it is closed.
"""
if dir is None:
@@ -451,8 +451,8 @@ else:
'bufsize' -- the buffer size argument to os.fdopen (default -1).
The file is created as mkstemp() would do it.
- Returns a file object. The file has no name, and will cease to
- exist when it is closed.
+ Returns an object with a file-like interface. The file has no
+ name, and will cease to exist when it is closed.
"""
if dir is None: