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diff --git a/Doc/library/tempfile.rst b/Doc/library/tempfile.rst index bc1f23a..2ea6323 100644 --- a/Doc/library/tempfile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/tempfile.rst @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ instead a string of six random characters is used. Also, all the user-callable functions now take additional arguments which allow direct control over the location and name of temporary files. It is -no longer necessary to use the global *tempdir* and *template* variables. +no longer necessary to use the global *tempdir* variable. To maintain backward compatibility, the argument order is somewhat odd; it is recommended to use keyword arguments for clarity. @@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ The module defines the following user-callable items: data is spooled in memory until the file size exceeds *max_size*, or until the file's :func:`fileno` method is called, at which point the contents are written to disk and operation proceeds as with - :func:`TemporaryFile`. Also, it's ``truncate`` method does not - accept a ``size`` argument. + :func:`TemporaryFile`. The resulting file has one additional method, :func:`rollover`, which causes the file to roll over to an on-disk file regardless of its size. @@ -89,6 +88,9 @@ The module defines the following user-callable items: file-like object can be used in a :keyword:`with` statement, just like a normal file. + .. versionchanged:: 3.3 + the truncate method now accepts a ``size`` argument. + .. function:: TemporaryDirectory(suffix='', prefix='tmp', dir=None) |