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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/io.rst | 9 |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst index 70e0115..32151a0 100644 --- a/Doc/library/io.rst +++ b/Doc/library/io.rst @@ -132,12 +132,13 @@ High-level Module Interface Opens the provided file with mode ``'rb'``. This function should be used when the intent is to treat the contents as executable code. - ``path`` should be an absolute path. + ``path`` should be a :class:`str` and an absolute path. The behavior of this function may be overridden by an earlier call to the - :c:func:`PyFile_SetOpenCodeHook`, however, it should always be considered - interchangeable with ``open(path, 'rb')``. Overriding the behavior is - intended for additional validation or preprocessing of the file. + :c:func:`PyFile_SetOpenCodeHook`. However, assuming that ``path`` is a + :class:`str` and an absolute path, ``open_code(path)`` should always behave + the same as ``open(path, 'rb')``. Overriding the behavior is intended for + additional validation or preprocessing of the file. .. versionadded:: 3.8 |