From fc11383ec384ddfe103364d4476cf14656381751 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 01:03:44 +0000 Subject: SF bug #1180392: StringIO's docs should mention overwriting of initial value * Added a note that the initial file position is zero even if the object is freshly initialized. --- Doc/lib/libstringio.tex | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstringio.tex b/Doc/lib/libstringio.tex index 786427f..3992e43 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstringio.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstringio.tex @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ files}). See the description of file objects for operations (section When a \class{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 \class{StringIO} will start empty. +In both cases, the initial file position starts at zero. The \class{StringIO} object can accept either Unicode or 8-bit strings, but mixing the two may take some care. If both are used, -- cgit v0.12