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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex b/Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex index be2a717..f24399e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex @@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ The module defines these functions: Write the value on the open file. The value must be a supported type. The file must be an open file object such as \code{sys.stdout} or returned by \function{open()} or - \function{posix.popen()}. + \function{posix.popen()}. It must be opened in binary mode + (\code{'wb'} or \code{'w+b'}). If the value has (or contains an object that has) an unsupported type, a \exception{ValueError} exception is raised --- but garbage data @@ -73,7 +74,8 @@ The module defines these functions: \begin{funcdesc}{load}{file} Read one value from the open file and return it. If no valid value is read, raise \exception{EOFError}, \exception{ValueError} or - \exception{TypeError}. The file must be an open file object. + \exception{TypeError}. The file must be an open file object opened + in binary mode (\code{'rb'} or \code{'r+b'}). \strong{Warning:} If an object containing an unsupported type was marshalled with \function{dump()}, \function{load()} will substitute |