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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/os.rst | 8 |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 8727f81..43066fa 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -304,8 +304,8 @@ process and user. .. function:: getenv(key, default=None) - Return the value of the environment variable *key* if it exists, or - *default* if it doesn't. *key*, *default* and the result are str. Note that + Return the value of the environment variable *key* as a string if it exists, or + *default* if it doesn't. *key* is a string. Note that since :func:`getenv` uses :data:`os.environ`, the mapping of :func:`getenv` is similarly also captured on import, and the function may not reflect future environment changes. @@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ process and user. .. function:: getenvb(key, default=None) - Return the value of the environment variable *key* if it exists, or - *default* if it doesn't. *key*, *default* and the result are bytes. Note that + Return the value of the environment variable *key* as bytes if it exists, or + *default* if it doesn't. *key* must be bytes. Note that since :func:`getenvb` uses :data:`os.environb`, the mapping of :func:`getenvb` is similarly also captured on import, and the function may not reflect future environment changes. |