From: Terry Jan Reedy Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:56:27 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Issue #17418: specify that buffer sizes are bytes as soon as possible. X-Git-Tag: v3.2.4rc1~27^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=dff04f44bc0a6f2964b71581934fb1d3f7335fd1;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Issue #17418: specify that buffer sizes are bytes as soon as possible. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 99f8335fd924..93d35f84afb6 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -868,8 +868,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. *buffering* is an optional integer used to set the buffering policy. Pass 0 to switch buffering off (only allowed in binary mode), 1 to select line buffering (only usable in text mode), and an integer > 1 to indicate the size - of a fixed-size chunk buffer. When no *buffering* argument is given, the - default buffering policy works as follows: + in bytes of a fixed-size chunk buffer. When no *buffering* argument is + given, the default buffering policy works as follows: * Binary files are buffered in fixed-size chunks; the size of the buffer is chosen using a heuristic trying to determine the underlying device's "block