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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcookielib.tex b/Doc/lib/libcookielib.tex index b55da78..125abe2 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libcookielib.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libcookielib.tex @@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ The module defines the following exception: \begin{excdesc}{LoadError} Instances of \class{FileCookieJar} raise this exception on failure to -load cookies from a file. +load cookies from a file. \note{For backwards-compatibility +with Python 2.4 (which raised an \exception{IOError}), +\exception{LoadError} is a subclass of \exception{IOError}}. \end{excdesc} @@ -273,16 +275,19 @@ Old cookies are kept unless overwritten by newly loaded ones. Arguments are as for \method{save()}. The named file must be in the format understood by the class, or -\exception{LoadError} will be raised. +\exception{LoadError} will be raised. Also, \exception{IOError} may +be raised, for example if the file does not exist. \note{For +backwards-compatibility with Python 2.4 (which raised +an \exception{IOError}), \exception{LoadError} is a subclass +of \exception{IOError}.} \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}[FileCookieJar]{revert}{filename=\constant{None}, ignore_discard=\constant{False}, ignore_expires=\constant{False}} Clear all cookies and reload cookies from a saved file. -Raises \exception{cookielib.LoadError} or \exception{IOError} if -reversion is not successful; the object's state will not be altered if -this happens. +\method{revert()} can raise the same exceptions as \method{load()}. +If there is a failure, the object's state will not be altered. \end{methoddesc} \class{FileCookieJar} instances have the following public attributes: |