From fd4c4b1e011e93509bd4d7e5176b27481f05cca4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sandro Tosi Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 23:40:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] backport c4bd68be5fc6 to 2.7 --- Doc/glossary.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index d2d5e32a26d..de6cd89bb45 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Glossary An object exposing a file-oriented API (with methods such as :meth:`read()` or :meth:`write()`) to an underlying resource. Depending on the way it was created, a file object can mediate access to a real - on-disk file or to another other type of storage or communication device + on-disk file or to another type of storage or communication device (for example standard input/output, in-memory buffers, sockets, pipes, etc.). File objects are also called :dfn:`file-like objects` or :dfn:`streams`.