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Diffstat (limited to 'Modules/_io/iobase.c')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_io/iobase.c b/Modules/_io/iobase.c index 090891d..212b0dd 100644 --- a/Modules/_io/iobase.c +++ b/Modules/_io/iobase.c @@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(iobase_doc, "called.\n" "\n" "The basic type used for binary data read from or written to a file is\n" - "bytes. bytearrays are accepted too, and in some cases (such as\n" - "readinto) needed. Text I/O classes work with str data.\n" + "bytes. Other bytes-like objects are accepted as method arguments too.\n" + "In some cases (such as readinto), a writable object is required. Text\n" + "I/O classes work with str data.\n" "\n" "Note that calling any method (except additional calls to close(),\n" "which are ignored) on a closed stream should raise a ValueError.\n" |