Document that the |mode| parameter to open() is optional and explain how

the default value is determined.
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Fred Drake 1999-12-21 18:31:30 +00:00
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Module \module{aifc} defines the following function:
\begin{funcdesc}{open}{file, mode}
\begin{funcdesc}{open}{file\optional{, mode}}
Open an AIFF or AIFF-C file and return an object instance with
methods that are described below. The argument file is either a
string naming a file or a file object. The mode is either the string
\code{'r'} when the file must be opened for reading, or \code{'w'}
when the file must be opened for writing. When used for writing, the
file object should be seekable, unless you know ahead of time how many
samples you are going to write in total and use
\method{writeframesraw()} and \method{setnframes()}.
methods that are described below. The argument \var{file} is either a
string naming a file or a file object. \var{mode} must be \code{'r'}
or \code{'rb'} when the file must be opened for reading, or \code{'w'}
or \code{'wb'} when the file must be opened for writing. If omitted,
\code{\var{file}.mode} is used if it exists, otherwise \code{'rb'} is
used. When used for writing, the file object should be seekable,
unless you know ahead of time how many samples you are going to write
in total and use \method{writeframesraw()} and \method{setnframes()}.
\end{funcdesc}
Objects returned by \function{open()} when a file is opened for

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The \module{wave} module defines the following function and exception:
\begin{funcdesc}{open}{file, mode}
\begin{funcdesc}{open}{file\optional{, mode}}
If \var{file} is a string, open the file by that name, other treat it
as a seekable file-like object. \var{mode} can be any of
\begin{description}
@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ Note that it does not allow read/write WAV files.
A \var{mode} of \code{'r'} or \code{'rb'} returns a \class{Wave_read}
object, while a \var{mode} of \code{'w'} or \code{'wb'} returns
a \class{Wave_write} object.
a \class{Wave_write} object. If \var{mode} is omitted and a file-like
object is passed as \var{file}, \code{\var{file}.mode} is used as the
default value for \var{mode} (the \character{b} flag is still added if
necessary).
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{openfp}{file, mode}