| --- a/Doc/library/io.rst Wed Jan 11 21:00:48 2012 -0500 |
| +++ b/Doc/library/io.rst Thu Jan 12 07:35:13 2012 +0200 |
| @@ -472,12 +472,12 @@ |
| to which the resulting :class:`FileIO` object will give access. |
| The *mode* can be ``'r'``, ``'w'``, ``'x'`` or ``'a'`` for reading |
| - (default), writing, creating or appending. The file will be created if it |
| - doesn't exist when opened for writing or appending; it will be truncated |
| - when opened for writing. :exc:`FileExistsError` will be raised if it already |
| - exists when opened for creating. Opening a file for creating implies |
| - writing, so this mode behaves in a similar way to ``'w'``. Add a ``'+'`` to |
| - the mode to allow simultaneous reading and writing. |
| + (default), writing, exclusive creation or appending. The file will be |
| + created if it doesn't exist when opened for writing or appending; it will be |
| + truncated when opened for writing. :exc:`FileExistsError` will be raised if |
| + it already exists when opened for creating. Opening a file for creating |
| + implies writing, so this mode behaves in a similar way to ``'w'``. Add a |
| + ``'+'`` to the mode to allow simultaneous reading and writing. |
| The :meth:`read` (when called with a positive argument), :meth:`readinto` |
| and :meth:`write` methods on this class will only make one system call. |