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author | Sandro Tosi <sandro.tosi@gmail.com> | 2012-04-28 12:50:42 +0200 |
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committer | Sandro Tosi <sandro.tosi@gmail.com> | 2012-04-28 12:50:42 +0200 |
commit | f8ece8d777319d1f8d8004620d129f2e68f107b3 (patch) | |
tree | f01e86e3a5ba81dd6f6227648716b0d88a2e1d1c | |
parent | 2d0bcd7ca924a8a8866cbcd70ef5a56068a82d39 (diff) | |
download | cpython-git-f8ece8d777319d1f8d8004620d129f2e68f107b3.tar.gz |
refer to file.readline() in stdtypes doc; thanks to Mihai Capotă from docs@
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index e560360450..2ecdef1aca 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -2378,7 +2378,7 @@ Files have the following methods: make a :keyword:`for` loop the most efficient way of looping over the lines of a file (a very common operation), the :meth:`~file.next` method uses a hidden read-ahead buffer. As a consequence of using a read-ahead buffer, combining :meth:`~file.next` - with other file methods (like :meth:`readline`) does not work right. However, + with other file methods (like :meth:`~file.readline`) does not work right. However, using :meth:`seek` to reposition the file to an absolute position will flush the read-ahead buffer. @@ -2420,7 +2420,7 @@ Files have the following methods: .. method:: file.readlines([sizehint]) - Read until EOF using :meth:`readline` and return a list containing the lines + Read until EOF using :meth:`~file.readline` and return a list containing the lines thus read. If the optional *sizehint* argument is present, instead of reading up to EOF, whole lines totalling approximately *sizehint* bytes (possibly after rounding up to an internal buffer size) are read. Objects @@ -2500,7 +2500,7 @@ Files have the following methods: add line separators.) Files support the iterator protocol. Each iteration returns the same result as -``file.readline()``, and iteration ends when the :meth:`readline` method returns +:meth:`~file.readline`, and iteration ends when the :meth:`~file.readline` method returns an empty string. File objects also offer a number of other interesting attributes. These are not |