From 38889804086855d507ca5cfee187e8c91fc99379 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:42:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] file.write() may return something with the new IO framework. --- Doc/library/stdtypes.rst | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index f06ca2c6b82..18131b905ff 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -2055,9 +2055,13 @@ Files have the following methods: .. method:: file.write(str) - Write a string to the file. There is no return value. Due to buffering, the - string may not actually show up in the file until the :meth:`flush` or - :meth:`close` method is called. + Write a string to the file. Due to buffering, the string may not actually + show up in the file until the :meth:`flush` or :meth:`close` method is + called. + + The meaning of the return value is not defined for every file-like object. + Some (mostly low-level) file-like objects may return the number of bytes + actually written, others return ``None``. .. method:: file.writelines(sequence)