From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 04:22:47 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Backport 1.7:  Clarify when a read-only object is created.
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Backport 1.7:  Clarify when a read-only object is created.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstringio.tex b/Doc/lib/libstringio.tex
index 9279a3f2d6c3..c268690ea0d5 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libstringio.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstringio.tex
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ Unlike the memory files implemented by the \refmodule{StringIO}
 module, those provided by this module are not able to accept Unicode
 strings that cannot be encoded as plain \ASCII{} strings.
 
+Another difference from the \refmodule{StringIO} module is that calling
+\function{StringIO()} with a string parameter creates a read-only object.
+Unlike an object created without a string parameter, it does not have
+write methods.
+
 The following data objects are provided as well: