reading the headers or not. The default is ``False``, meaning it parses
the entire contents of the file.
- .. method:: parsebytes(bytes, headersonly=False)
+ .. method:: parsebytes(text, headersonly=False)
- Similar to the :meth:`parse` method, except it takes a byte string object
- instead of a file-like object. Calling this method on a byte string is
- exactly equivalent to wrapping *text* in a :class:`~io.BytesIO` instance
- first and calling :meth:`parse`.
+ Similar to the :meth:`parse` method, except it takes a :term:`bytes-like
+ object` instead of a file-like object. Calling this method is equivalent
+ to wrapping *text* in a :class:`~io.BytesIO` instance first and calling
+ :meth:`parse`.
Optional *headersonly* is as with the :meth:`parse` method.
.. function:: message_from_bytes(s, _class=email.message.Message, *, \
policy=policy.compat32)
- Return a message object structure from a byte string. This is exactly
+ Return a message object structure from a :term:`bytes-like object`. This is exactly
equivalent to ``BytesParser().parsebytes(s)``. Optional *_class* and
*strict* are interpreted as with the :class:`~email.parser.Parser` class
constructor.