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authorSandro Tosi <sandro.tosi@gmail.com>2012-04-28 12:50:42 +0200
committerSandro Tosi <sandro.tosi@gmail.com>2012-04-28 12:50:42 +0200
commitf8ece8d777319d1f8d8004620d129f2e68f107b3 (patch)
treef01e86e3a5ba81dd6f6227648716b0d88a2e1d1c
parent2d0bcd7ca924a8a8866cbcd70ef5a56068a82d39 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-f8ece8d777319d1f8d8004620d129f2e68f107b3.tar.gz
refer to file.readline() in stdtypes doc; thanks to Mihai Capotă from docs@
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/stdtypes.rst6
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