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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex | 9 |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex index 765ba94b33..f1684d3670 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex @@ -1187,9 +1187,12 @@ It is written as \code{Ellipsis}. \label{bltin-file-objects}} File objects are implemented using C's \code{stdio} package and can be -created with the built-in function -\function{open()}\bifuncindex{open} described in section -\ref{built-in-funcs}, ``Built-in Functions.'' They are also returned +created with the built-in constructor +\function{file()}\bifuncindex{file} described in section +\ref{built-in-funcs}, ``Built-in Functions.''\footnote{\function{file()} +is new in Python 2.2. The older built-in \function{open()} is an +alias for \function{file()}.} +They are also returned by some other built-in functions and methods, such as \function{os.popen()} and \function{os.fdopen()} and the \method{makefile()} method of socket objects. |