From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:07:33 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: StringIO.close() stops you from using the buffer, too
X-Git-Tag: v2.7a1~2606
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StringIO.close() stops you from using the buffer, too
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diff --git a/Doc/library/stringio.rst b/Doc/library/stringio.rst
index 4736fc3a7c73..19e15473fdf1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stringio.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stringio.rst
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ The following methods of :class:`StringIO` objects require special mention:
 
 .. method:: StringIO.close()
 
-   Free the memory buffer.
+   Free the memory buffer.  Attempting to do further operations with a closed
+   :class:`StringIO` object will raise a :exc:`ValueError`.
 
 Example usage::