Add a note about rounding up of readlines()' sizehint to 8K.

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Guido van Rossum 1998-02-08 22:51:09 +00:00
parent 6e91c6a344
commit 8083c176a3
2 changed files with 4 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -737,7 +737,8 @@ descriptors, e.g. module \code{fcntl} or \code{os.read()} and friends.
Read until \EOF{} using \code{readline()} and return a list containing Read until \EOF{} using \code{readline()} and return a list containing
the lines thus read. If the optional \var{sizehint} argument is the lines thus read. If the optional \var{sizehint} argument is
present, instead of reading up to \EOF{}, whole lines totalling present, instead of reading up to \EOF{}, whole lines totalling
approximately \var{sizehint} bytes are read. approximately \var{sizehint} bytes (possibly after rounding up to an
internal buffer size) are read.
\end{funcdesc} \end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{seek}{offset\, whence} \begin{funcdesc}{seek}{offset\, whence}

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@ -737,7 +737,8 @@ descriptors, e.g. module \code{fcntl} or \code{os.read()} and friends.
Read until \EOF{} using \code{readline()} and return a list containing Read until \EOF{} using \code{readline()} and return a list containing
the lines thus read. If the optional \var{sizehint} argument is the lines thus read. If the optional \var{sizehint} argument is
present, instead of reading up to \EOF{}, whole lines totalling present, instead of reading up to \EOF{}, whole lines totalling
approximately \var{sizehint} bytes are read. approximately \var{sizehint} bytes (possibly after rounding up to an
internal buffer size) are read.
\end{funcdesc} \end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{seek}{offset\, whence} \begin{funcdesc}{seek}{offset\, whence}