From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:14:16 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: #6586: fix return/argument type doc for os.read() and os.write().
X-Git-Tag: v3.2a1~2722
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b90be6972496b2eda91b981bc4d83ded68c34445;p=python

#6586: fix return/argument type doc for os.read() and os.write().
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index db96a56fb6..206a15ca34 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -540,9 +540,9 @@ by file descriptors.
 
 .. function:: read(fd, n)
 
-   Read at most *n* bytes from file descriptor *fd*. Return a string containing the
+   Read at most *n* bytes from file descriptor *fd*. Return a bytestring containing the
    bytes read.  If the end of the file referred to by *fd* has been reached, an
-   empty string is returned. Availability: Unix, Windows.
+   empty bytes object is returned. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. note::
 
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ by file descriptors.
 
 .. function:: write(fd, str)
 
-   Write the string *str* to file descriptor *fd*. Return the number of bytes
-   actually written. Availability: Unix, Windows.
+   Write the bytestring in *str* to file descriptor *fd*. Return the number of
+   bytes actually written. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. note::