mirrors/cpython
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/python/cpython.git synced 2025-08-03 16:39:00 +00:00
Code Issues Projects Releases Packages Wiki Activity Actions 8

copyright.tex: Add 1995 to copyright message.

Browse source 
lib.tex: add libimp; remove bogus warning about lineii.
libmath.tex: document hypot().
libmd5.tex: rename md5.md5() to md5.new().
libposix.tex: document chown().
libposixfile.tex: openfile() instead of fileopen().
libsocket.tex: document gethostbyaddr().
libtypes.tex: add footnote explaining why readline() keeps the newline.
ref3.tex: correct typos, add back*quotes to index.
ref4.tex: don't use \verb inside footnote.
ref5.tex: explain repr() and str() and add them + back*quotes to index.
ref6.tex: correct typo, don't use \verb in footnote.
ref7.tex: don't use \verb in footnote.
This commit is contained in:
Guido van Rossum 1995-01-04 19:17:34 +00:00
parent e5f8b60429
commit 31cce97374
26 changed files with 134 additions and 40 deletions
Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

9
Doc/libtypes.tex
View file

@ -580,7 +580,14 @@ Files have the following methods:
\begin{funcdesc}{readline}{}
Read one entire line from the file. A trailing newline character is
kept in the string (but may be absent when a file ends with an
kept in the string%
\footnote{The advantage of leaving the newline on is that an empty string
can be returned to mean \EOF{} without being ambiguous. Another
advantage is that (in cases where it might matter, e.g. if you
want to make an exact copy of a file while scanning its lines)
you can tell whether the last line of a file ended in a newline
or not (yes this happens!).}
(but may be absent when a file ends with an
incomplete line). An empty string is returned when \EOF{} is hit
immediately. Note: unlike \code{stdio}'s \code{fgets()}, the returned
string contains null characters (\code{'\e 0'}) if they occurred in the