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Mention the *limit* argument of TextIO.readline().

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Antoine Pitrou 2012-07-25 22:40:05 +02:00
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@ -708,11 +708,13 @@ Text I/O
Read and return at most *n* characters from the stream as a single Read and return at most *n* characters from the stream as a single
:class:`str`. If *n* is negative or ``None``, reads until EOF. :class:`str`. If *n* is negative or ``None``, reads until EOF.
.. method:: readline() .. method:: readline(limit=-1)
Read until newline or EOF and return a single ``str``. If the stream is Read until newline or EOF and return a single ``str``. If the stream is
already at EOF, an empty string is returned. already at EOF, an empty string is returned.
If *limit* is specified, at most *limit* characters will be read.
.. method:: seek(offset, whence=SEEK_SET) .. method:: seek(offset, whence=SEEK_SET)
Change the stream position to the given *offset*. Behaviour depends Change the stream position to the given *offset*. Behaviour depends