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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/plistlib.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/plistlib.py b/Lib/plistlib.py index 0133c89bdc..04f8a87634 100644 --- a/Lib/plistlib.py +++ b/Lib/plistlib.py @@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ _FORMATS={ def load(fp, *, fmt=None, use_builtin_types=True, dict_type=dict): - """Read a .plist file. 'fp' should be (readable) file object. + """Read a .plist file. 'fp' should be a readable and binary file object. Return the unpacked root object (which usually is a dictionary). """ if fmt is None: @@ -1002,8 +1002,8 @@ def loads(value, *, fmt=None, use_builtin_types=True, dict_type=dict): def dump(value, fp, *, fmt=FMT_XML, sort_keys=True, skipkeys=False): - """Write 'value' to a .plist file. 'fp' should be a (writable) - file object. + """Write 'value' to a .plist file. 'fp' should be a writable, + binary file object. """ if fmt not in _FORMATS: raise ValueError("Unsupported format: %r"%(fmt,)) |