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@@ -697,8 +697,9 @@ compatible with the Python codec registry.
.. method:: writelines(list)
- Writes the concatenated list of strings to the stream (possibly by reusing
- the :meth:`write` method). The standard bytes-to-bytes codecs
+ Writes the concatenated iterable of strings to the stream (possibly by reusing
+ the :meth:`write` method). Infinite or
+ very large iterables are not supported. The standard bytes-to-bytes codecs
do not support this method.