From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:20:13 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: bug #1444104: add note about fdopen() to os.open().
X-Git-Tag: v2.5a1~114
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b88e19c1fc182a97b961633c29f485c2de6ad525;p=python

bug #1444104: add note about fdopen() to os.open().
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
index 8c4b770940..a9100a1a82 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
@@ -547,7 +547,8 @@ documentation; flag constants (like \constant{O_RDONLY} and
 This function is intended for low-level I/O.  For normal usage,
 use the built-in function \function{open()}, which returns a ``file
 object'' with \method{read()} and \method{write()} methods (and many
-more).
+more).  To wrap a file descriptor in a ``file object'', use
+\function{fdopen()}.
 \end{notice}
 \end{funcdesc}