From ab6ab15e7d4191fe8ea885262d48f880b591c7e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ezio Melotti Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:34:04 +0300 Subject: #17881: clarify documentation of plistlib. --- Doc/library/plistlib.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/plistlib.rst b/Doc/library/plistlib.rst index ae5e94d..a267368 100644 --- a/Doc/library/plistlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/plistlib.rst @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ This module defines the following functions: .. function:: readPlist(pathOrFile) - Read a plist file. *pathOrFile* may either be a file name or a (readable) - file object. Return the unpacked root object (which usually is a + Read a plist file. *pathOrFile* may either be a file name or a (readable and + binary) file object. Return the unpacked root object (which usually is a dictionary). The XML data is parsed using the Expat parser from :mod:`xml.parsers.expat` @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ This module defines the following functions: .. function:: writePlist(rootObject, pathOrFile) Write *rootObject* to a plist file. *pathOrFile* may either be a file name - or a (writable) file object. + or a (writable and binary) file object. A :exc:`TypeError` will be raised if the object is of an unsupported type or a container that contains objects of unsupported types. -- cgit v0.12