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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/codecs.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/codecs.py | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/codecs.py b/Lib/codecs.py index e6ad6e3..3b173b6 100644 --- a/Lib/codecs.py +++ b/Lib/codecs.py @@ -878,7 +878,8 @@ def open(filename, mode='r', encoding=None, errors='strict', buffering=-1): codecs. Output is also codec dependent and will usually be Unicode as well. - Underlying encoded files are always opened in binary mode. + If encoding is not None, then the + underlying encoded files are always opened in binary mode. The default file mode is 'r', meaning to open the file in read mode. encoding specifies the encoding which is to be used for the |