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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index c71475a..86e565f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -878,22 +878,19 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. mode). It can be ``None``, ``''``, ``'\n'``, ``'\r'``, and ``'\r\n'``. It works as follows: - * When reading input from the stream, if *newline* is ``None``, - universal newlines mode is enabled. Lines in the input can end - in ``'\n'``, ``'\r'``, or ``'\r\n'``, and these are translated - into ``'\n'`` before being returned to the caller. If it is - ``''``, universal newline mode is enabled, but line endings are - returned to the caller untranslated. If it has any of the other - legal values, input lines are only terminated by the given - string, and the line ending is returned to the caller - untranslated. - - * When writing output to the stream, if *newline* is ``None``, any - ``'\n'`` characters written are translated to the system default - line separator, :data:`os.linesep`. If *newline* is ``''`` or - ``'\n'``, no translation takes place. If *newline* is any of the - other legal values, any ``'\n'`` characters written are - translated to the given string. + * When reading input from the stream, if *newline* is ``None``, universal + newlines mode is enabled. Lines in the input can end in ``'\n'``, + ``'\r'``, or ``'\r\n'``, and these are translated into ``'\n'`` before + being returned to the caller. If it is ``''``, universal newline mode is + enabled, but line endings are returned to the caller untranslated. If it + has any of the other legal values, input lines are only terminated by the + given string, and the line ending is returned to the caller untranslated. + + * When writing output to the stream, if *newline* is ``None``, any ``'\n'`` + characters written are translated to the system default line separator, + :data:`os.linesep`. If *newline* is ``''`` or ``'\n'``, no translation + takes place. If *newline* is any of the other legal values, any ``'\n'`` + characters written are translated to the given string. If *closefd* is ``False`` and a file descriptor rather than a filename was given, the underlying file descriptor will be kept open when the file is |