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diff --git a/Doc/library/gzip.rst b/Doc/library/gzip.rst index 894a423..fdd8590 100644 --- a/Doc/library/gzip.rst +++ b/Doc/library/gzip.rst @@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ like the GNU programs :program:`gzip` and :program:`gunzip` would. The data compression is provided by the :mod:`zlib` module. -The :mod:`gzip` module provides the :class:`GzipFile` class which is modeled -after Python's File Object. The :class:`GzipFile` class reads and writes -:program:`gzip`\ -format files, automatically compressing or decompressing the -data so that it looks like an ordinary file object. +The :mod:`gzip` module provides the :class:`GzipFile` class. The :class:`GzipFile` +class reads and writes :program:`gzip`\ -format files, automatically compressing +or decompressing the data so that it looks like an ordinary :term:`file object`. Note that additional file formats which can be decompressed by the :program:`gzip` and :program:`gunzip` programs, such as those produced by @@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ The module defines the following items: .. class:: GzipFile(filename=None, mode=None, compresslevel=9, fileobj=None, mtime=None) Constructor for the :class:`GzipFile` class, which simulates most of the methods - of a file object, with the exception of the :meth:`readinto` and + of a :term:`file object`, with the exception of the :meth:`readinto` and :meth:`truncate` methods. At least one of *fileobj* and *filename* must be given a non-trivial value. |