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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 753541f..b3238b1 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -904,9 +904,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. (the default). The type of :term:`file object` returned by the :func:`open` function - depends on the - mode. When :func:`open` is used to open a file in a text mode (``'w'``, - ``'r'``, ``'wt'``, ``'rt'``, etc.), it returns a subclass of + depends on the mode. When :func:`open` is used to open a file in a text + mode (``'w'``, ``'r'``, ``'wt'``, ``'rt'``, etc.), it returns a subclass of :class:`io.TextIOBase` (specifically :class:`io.TextIOWrapper`). When used to open a file in a binary mode with buffering, the returned class is a subclass of :class:`io.BufferedIOBase`. The exact class varies: in read |