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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 744a99f..b5a4fb8 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -666,9 +666,14 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. Other common values are ``'w'`` for writing (truncating the file if it already exists), and ``'a'`` for appending (which on *some* Unix systems, means that *all* writes append to the end of the file regardless of the - current seek position). In text mode, if *encoding* is not specified the - encoding used is platform dependent. (For reading and writing raw bytes use - binary mode and leave *encoding* unspecified.) The available modes are: + current seek position). + + In text mode, if *encoding* is not specified the encoding used is the same as + returned by :func:`locale.getpreferredencoding`, if the :mod:`locale` module + is available, else ASCII. For reading and writing raw bytes, use binary mode + and leave *encoding* unspecified. + + The available modes are: ========= =============================================================== Character Meaning |