Issue #12760: Refer to the new 'x' open mode as "exclusive creation" mode.

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Charles-François Natali 2012-01-14 11:51:00 +01:00
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@ -1066,9 +1066,9 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(fileio_doc,
"file(name: str[, mode: str][, opener: None]) -> file IO object\n"
"\n"
"Open a file. The mode can be 'r', 'w', 'x' or 'a' for reading (default),\n"
"writing, creating or appending. The file will be created if it doesn't\n"
"exist when opened for writing or appending; it will be truncated when\n"
"opened for writing. A `FileExistsError` will be raised if it already\n"
"writing, exclusive creation or appending. The file will be created if it\n"
"doesn't exist when opened for writing or appending; it will be truncated\n"
"when opened for writing. A `FileExistsError` will be raised if it already\n"
"exists when opened for creating. Opening a file for creating implies\n"
"writing so this mode behaves in a similar way to 'w'.Add a '+' to the mode\n"
"to allow simultaneous reading and writing. A custom opener can be used by\n"