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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 6008e97..7eb838a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -176,11 +176,15 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. .. note:: - When compiling a string with multi-line statements, line endings must be - represented by a single newline character (``'\n'``), and the input must - be terminated by at least one newline character. If line endings are - represented by ``'\r\n'``, use :meth:`str.replace` to change them into - ``'\n'``. + When compiling a string with multi-line statements in ``'single'`` or + ``'eval'`` mode, input must be terminated by at least one newline + character. This is to facilitate detection of incomplete and complete + statements in the :mod:`code` module. + + + .. versionchanged:: 3.2 + Allowed use of Windows and Mac newlines. Also input in ``'exec'`` mode + does not have to end in a newline anymore. .. function:: complex([real[, imag]]) |