From: Terry Jan Reedy Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:55:53 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Issue #17418: specify that buffer sizes are bytes. X-Git-Tag: v2.7.4rc1~32^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=589cb111b583b041ee5419d35ce6fab6c5d44474;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Issue #17418: specify that buffer sizes are bytes. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 6d50e0d880a6..08fb7fedcc59 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -874,9 +874,9 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. The optional *buffering* argument specifies the file's desired buffer size: 0 means unbuffered, 1 means line buffered, any other positive value means use a - buffer of (approximately) that size. A negative *buffering* means to use the - system default, which is usually line buffered for tty devices and fully - buffered for other files. If omitted, the system default is used. [#]_ + buffer of (approximately) that size (in bytes). A negative *buffering* means + to use the system default, which is usually line buffered for tty devices and + fully buffered for other files. If omitted, the system default is used. [#]_ Modes ``'r+'``, ``'w+'`` and ``'a+'`` open the file for updating (note that ``'w+'`` truncates the file). Append ``'b'`` to the mode to open the file in