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@@ -78,9 +78,10 @@ uses the file system encoding to perform this conversion (see
.. versionchanged:: 3.1
On some systems, conversion using the file system encoding may fail. In this
- case, Python uses the ``surrogateescape`` encoding error handler, which means
- that undecodable bytes are replaced by a Unicode character U+DCxx on
- decoding, and these are again translated to the original byte on encoding.
+ case, Python uses the :ref:`surrogateescape encoding error handler
+ <surrogateescape>`, which means that undecodable bytes are replaced by a
+ Unicode character U+DCxx on decoding, and these are again translated to the
+ original byte on encoding.
The file system encoding must guarantee to successfully decode all bytes
@@ -807,6 +808,17 @@ as internal buffering of data.
Availability: Unix.
+.. function:: get_blocking(fd)
+
+ Get the blocking mode of the file descriptor: ``False`` if the
+ :data:`O_NONBLOCK` flag is set, ``True`` if the flag is cleared.
+
+ See also :func:`set_blocking` and :meth:`socket.socket.setblocking`.
+
+ Availability: Unix.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.5
+
.. function:: isatty(fd)
Return ``True`` if the file descriptor *fd* is open and connected to a
@@ -1107,6 +1119,18 @@ or `the MSDN <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z0kc8e3z.aspx>`_ on Window
.. versionadded:: 3.3
+.. function:: set_blocking(fd, blocking)
+
+ Set the blocking mode of the specified file descriptor. Set the
+ :data:`O_NONBLOCK` flag if blocking is ``False``, clear the flag otherwise.
+
+ See also :func:`get_blocking` and :meth:`socket.socket.setblocking`.
+
+ Availability: Unix.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.5
+
+
.. data:: SF_NODISKIO
SF_MNOWAIT
SF_SYNC
@@ -2044,6 +2068,15 @@ features:
File type.
+ On Windows systems, the following attribute is also available:
+
+ .. attribute:: st_file_attributes
+
+ Windows file attributes: ``dwFileAttributes`` member of the
+ ``BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION`` structure returned by
+ :c:func:`GetFileInformationByHandle`. See the ``FILE_ATTRIBUTE_*``
+ constants in the :mod:`stat` module.
+
The standard module :mod:`stat` defines functions and constants that are
useful for extracting information from a :c:type:`stat` structure. (On
Windows, some items are filled with dummy values.)
@@ -2061,6 +2094,9 @@ features:
Added the :attr:`st_atime_ns`, :attr:`st_mtime_ns`, and
:attr:`st_ctime_ns` members.
+ .. versionadded:: 3.5
+ Added the :attr:`st_file_attributes` member on Windows.
+
.. function:: stat_float_times([newvalue])