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authorSenthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com>2013-09-06 04:42:38 (GMT)
committerSenthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com>2013-09-06 04:42:38 (GMT)
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Improve urlencode docstring. Patch by Brian Brazil.
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-rw-r--r--Lib/urllib/parse.py8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/parse.py b/Lib/urllib/parse.py
index abe5d0d..9a2df41 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/parse.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/parse.py
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ def quote_from_bytes(bs, safe='/'):
return ''.join([quoter(char) for char in bs])
def urlencode(query, doseq=False, safe='', encoding=None, errors=None):
- """Encode a sequence of two-element tuples or dictionary into a URL query string.
+ """Encode a dict or sequence of two-element tuples into a URL query string.
If any values in the query arg are sequences and doseq is true, each
sequence element is converted to a separate parameter.
@@ -737,9 +737,9 @@ def urlencode(query, doseq=False, safe='', encoding=None, errors=None):
parameters in the output will match the order of parameters in the
input.
- The query arg may be either a string or a bytes type. When query arg is a
- string, the safe, encoding and error parameters are sent the quote_plus for
- encoding.
+ The components of a query arg may each be either a string or a bytes type.
+ When a component is a string, the safe, encoding and error parameters are
+ sent to the quote_plus function for encoding.
"""
if hasattr(query, "items"):