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diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst index 8fd6b35..0968509 100644 --- a/Doc/library/io.rst +++ b/Doc/library/io.rst @@ -1055,10 +1055,10 @@ Text I/O The initial value of the buffer can be set by providing *initial_value*. If newline translation is enabled, newlines will be encoded as if by :meth:`~TextIOBase.write`. The stream is positioned at the start of the - buffer which emulates opening an existing file in a `w+` mode, making it + buffer which emulates opening an existing file in a ``w+`` mode, making it ready for an immediate write from the beginning or for a write that - would overwrite the initial value. To emulate opening a file in an `a+` - mode ready for appending, use `f.seek(0, io.SEEK_END)` to reposition the + would overwrite the initial value. To emulate opening a file in an ``a+`` + mode ready for appending, use ``f.seek(0, io.SEEK_END)`` to reposition the stream at the end of the buffer. The *newline* argument works like that of :class:`TextIOWrapper`, |