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diff --git a/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex b/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex index aa672d4..b26228f 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -\section{Built-in module \sectcode{urllib}} +\section{Standard Module \sectcode{urllib}} \stmodindex{urllib} \index{WWW} -\indexii{World-Wide}{Web} +\index{World-Wide Web} \index{URL} \renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module urllib)} @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ it defines the following public functions: \begin{funcdesc}{urlopen}{url} Open a network object denoted by a URL for reading. If the URL does -not have a scheme identifier, or if it has \code{file:} as its scheme +not have a scheme identifier, or if it has \samp{file:} as its scheme identifier, this opens a local file; otherwise it opens a socket to a server somewhere on the network. If the connection cannot be made, or if the server returns an error code, the \code{IOError} exception is @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ supports the following methods: \code{read()}, \code{readline()}, \code{readlines()}, \code{fileno()}, \code{close()} and \code{info()}. Except for the last one, these methods have the same interface as for file objects --- see the section on File Objects earlier in this -manual. +manual. (It's not a built-in file object, however, so it can't be +used at those few places where a true built-in file object is +required.) The \code{info()} method returns an instance of the class \code{rfc822.Message} containing the headers received from the server, |