From: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 02:49:49 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Document default parameter of .seek() in the signature. (GH-14691) X-Git-Tag: v3.8.0b3~72 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aca82977632fafa1d97c938999d76fae37c64f23;p=python Document default parameter of .seek() in the signature. (GH-14691) (cherry picked from commit 2a3d4d9c53dd4831c3ecf56bc7c4a289c33030d6) Co-authored-by: Benjamin Peterson --- diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst index fce9a747fd..70e01153d4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/io.rst +++ b/Doc/library/io.rst @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ I/O Base Classes Note that it's already possible to iterate on file objects using ``for line in file: ...`` without calling ``file.readlines()``. - .. method:: seek(offset[, whence]) + .. method:: seek(offset, whence=SEEK_SET) Change the stream position to the given byte *offset*. *offset* is interpreted relative to the position indicated by *whence*. The default @@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ Text I/O If *size* is specified, at most *size* characters will be read. - .. method:: seek(offset[, whence]) + .. method:: seek(offset, whence=SEEK_SET) Change the stream position to the given *offset*. Behaviour depends on the *whence* parameter. The default value for *whence* is