From 5320998da59f4a210b92886f8c1e7a14b03c0804 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 16:29:04 +0000 Subject: Note that getvalue() must be called before close(). --- Doc/lib/libstrio.tex | 7 +++++-- Doc/libstrio.tex | 7 +++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstrio.tex b/Doc/lib/libstrio.tex index 470fda0..1241e18 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstrio.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstrio.tex @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ \section{Standard Module \sectcode{StringIO}} +\label{module-StringIO} \stmodindex{StringIO} @@ -10,5 +11,7 @@ When a \code{StringIO} object is created, it can be initialized to an existing string by passing the string to the constructor. If no string is given, the \code{StringIO} will start empty. -The method \code{getvalue()} can be called to retrieve the -entire contents of the ``file'' at any time. +The method \code{getvalue()} can be called to retrieve the entire +contents of the ``file'' at any time before the \code{StringIO} +object's \code{close()} method is called. Calling \code{close()} will +free the memory buffer. diff --git a/Doc/libstrio.tex b/Doc/libstrio.tex index 470fda0..1241e18 100644 --- a/Doc/libstrio.tex +++ b/Doc/libstrio.tex @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ \section{Standard Module \sectcode{StringIO}} +\label{module-StringIO} \stmodindex{StringIO} @@ -10,5 +11,7 @@ When a \code{StringIO} object is created, it can be initialized to an existing string by passing the string to the constructor. If no string is given, the \code{StringIO} will start empty. -The method \code{getvalue()} can be called to retrieve the -entire contents of the ``file'' at any time. +The method \code{getvalue()} can be called to retrieve the entire +contents of the ``file'' at any time before the \code{StringIO} +object's \code{close()} method is called. Calling \code{close()} will +free the memory buffer. -- cgit v0.12