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@@ -781,11 +781,10 @@ always available.
:func:`os.popen`, :func:`os.system` or the :func:`exec\*` family of functions in
the :mod:`os` module.)
- .. note::
-
- The standard streams are in text mode by default. To write or read binary
- data to these, use the underlying binary buffer. For example, to write
- bytes to :data:`stdout`, use ``sys.stdout.buffer.write(b'abc')``.
+ The standard streams are in text mode by default. To write or read binary
+ data to these, use the underlying binary buffer. For example, to write bytes
+ to :data:`stdout`, use ``sys.stdout.buffer.write(b'abc')``. Using
+ :meth:`io.TextIOWrapper.detach` streams can be made binary by default.
.. data:: __stdin__