From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 11:08:48 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Bug #1002398: The documentation for os.path.sameopenfile now correctly
X-Git-Tag: v2.4.4c1~141
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4e0992d57045bd0407f173682865b714a7acdad5;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Bug #1002398: The documentation for os.path.sameopenfile now correctly
refers to file descriptors, not file objects.
   (backport from rev. 50974)
---

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
index b9cdea1c58a2..0b2da66a00ae 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
@@ -193,9 +193,8 @@ Availability:  Macintosh, \UNIX.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{sameopenfile}{fp1, fp2}
-Return \code{True} if the file objects \var{fp1} and \var{fp2} refer to the
-same file.  The two file objects may represent different file
-descriptors.
+Return \code{True} if the file descriptors \var{fp1} and \var{fp2} refer
+to the same file.
 Availability:  Macintosh, \UNIX.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e6b206963e23..82872a8ff11a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- Bug #1002398: The documentation for os.path.sameopenfile now correctly
+  refers to file descriptors, not file objects.
+
 - Bug #1529297:  The rewrite of doctest for Python 2.4 unintentionally
   lost that tests are sorted by name before being run.  This rarely
   matters for well-written tests, but can create baffling symptoms if