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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfilecmp.tex b/Doc/lib/libfilecmp.tex index ddb74ab..7747c8c 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfilecmp.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfilecmp.tex @@ -16,16 +16,11 @@ Compare the files named \var{f1} and \var{f2}, returning \code{True} if they seem equal, \code{False} otherwise. Unless \var{shallow} is given and is false, files with identical -\function{os.stat()} signatures are taken to be equal. If -\var{use_statcache} is given and is true, -\function{statcache.stat()} will be called rather then -\function{os.stat()}; the default is to use \function{os.stat()}. +\function{os.stat()} signatures are taken to be equal. +\versionchanged[\var{use_statcache} is obsolete and ignored.]{2.3} Files that were compared using this function will not be compared again -unless their \function{os.stat()} signature changes. Note that using -\var{use_statcache} true will cause the cache invalidation mechanism to -fail --- the stale stat value will be used from \refmodule{statcache}'s -cache. +unless their \function{os.stat()} signature changes. Note that no external programs are called from this function, giving it portability and efficiency. |