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@@ -1319,6 +1319,11 @@ Files have the following methods:
\end{methoddesc}
+Files support the iterator protocol. Each iteration returns the same
+result as \code{\var{file}.readline()}, and iteration ends when the
+\method{readline()} method returns an empty string.
+
+
File objects also offer a number of other interesting attributes.
These are not required for file-like objects, but should be
implemented if they make sense for the particular object.