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detach() is a nifty trick for making std* binary

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Benjamin Peterson 2009-05-12 03:01:51 +00:00
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@ -781,11 +781,10 @@ always available.
:func:`os.popen`, :func:`os.system` or the :func:`exec\*` family of functions in
the :mod:`os` module.)
.. note::
The standard streams are in text mode by default. To write or read binary
data to these, use the underlying binary buffer. For example, to write
bytes to :data:`stdout`, use ``sys.stdout.buffer.write(b'abc')``.
data to these, use the underlying binary buffer. For example, to write bytes
to :data:`stdout`, use ``sys.stdout.buffer.write(b'abc')``. Using
:meth:`io.TextIOWrapper.detach` streams can be made binary by default.
.. data:: __stdin__