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Clarify acceptable values for BZ2File.__init__'s mode argument.

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Nadeem Vawda 2012-06-04 23:31:22 +02:00
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@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ All of the classes in this module may safely be accessed from multiple threads.
be used to read or write the compressed data.
The *mode* argument can be either ``'r'`` for reading (default), ``'w'`` for
overwriting, or ``'a'`` for appending. If *filename* is a file object (rather
than an actual file name), a mode of ``'w'`` does not truncate the file, and
is instead equivalent to ``'a'``.
overwriting, or ``'a'`` for appending. These can equivalently be given as
``'rb'``, ``'wb'``, and ``'ab'`` respectively.
If *filename* is a file object (rather than an actual file name), a mode of
``'w'`` does not truncate the file, and is instead equivalent to ``'a'``.
The *buffering* argument is ignored. Its use is deprecated.