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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstrio.tex b/Doc/lib/libstrio.tex index 0088ec3..86ebf46 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstrio.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstrio.tex @@ -24,3 +24,19 @@ Retrieve the entire contents of the ``file'' at any time before the \begin{methoddesc}{close}{} Free the memory buffer. \end{methoddesc} + + +\section{Built-in Module \module{cStringIO}} +\bimodindex{cStringIO} +\label{module-cStringIO} + +% This section was written by Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org> + +The module \module{cStringIO} provides an interface similar to that of +the \module{StringIO} module. Heavy use of \class{StringIO.StringIO} +objects can be made more efficient by using the function +\function{StringIO()} from this module instead. + +Since this module provides a factory function which returns objects of +built-in types, there's no way to build your own version using +subclassing. Use the original \module{StringIO} module in that case. |