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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
index e3dcd08..e982cc1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
@@ -1438,9 +1438,7 @@ async/await code consider using the high-level
* *stdin* can be any of these:
- * a file-like object representing a pipe to be connected to the
- subprocess's standard input stream using
- :meth:`~loop.connect_write_pipe`
+ * a file-like object
* the :const:`subprocess.PIPE` constant (default) which will create a new
pipe and connect it,
* the value ``None`` which will make the subprocess inherit the file
@@ -1450,9 +1448,7 @@ async/await code consider using the high-level
* *stdout* can be any of these:
- * a file-like object representing a pipe to be connected to the
- subprocess's standard output stream using
- :meth:`~loop.connect_write_pipe`
+ * a file-like object
* the :const:`subprocess.PIPE` constant (default) which will create a new
pipe and connect it,
* the value ``None`` which will make the subprocess inherit the file
@@ -1462,9 +1458,7 @@ async/await code consider using the high-level
* *stderr* can be any of these:
- * a file-like object representing a pipe to be connected to the
- subprocess's standard error stream using
- :meth:`~loop.connect_write_pipe`
+ * a file-like object
* the :const:`subprocess.PIPE` constant (default) which will create a new
pipe and connect it,
* the value ``None`` which will make the subprocess inherit the file
@@ -1483,6 +1477,11 @@ async/await code consider using the high-level
as text. :func:`bytes.decode` can be used to convert the bytes returned
from the stream to text.
+ If a file-like object passed as *stdin*, *stdout* or *stderr* represents a
+ pipe, then the other side of this pipe should be registered with
+ :meth:`~loop.connect_write_pipe` or :meth:`~loop.connect_read_pipe` for use
+ with the event loop.
+
See the constructor of the :class:`subprocess.Popen` class
for documentation on other arguments.