From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 15:06:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: read() method:  clarify that strings are accepted and interpreted
X-Git-Tag: v2.0b1~1795
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d85f05940e00e1e2b9665016c99100f5bebcd1ea;p=python

read() method:  clarify that strings are accepted and interpreted
        reasonably.

readfp() method:  added documentation.
---

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex b/Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex
index 50af056bdd..6b09af8a78 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex
@@ -114,7 +114,15 @@ Returns a list of options available in the specified \var{section}.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}{read}{filenames}
-Read and parse a list of filenames.
+Read and parse a list of filenames.  If \var{filenames} is a string or
+Unicode string, it is treated as a single filename.
+\end{methoddesc}
+
+\begin{methoddesc}{readfp}{fp\optional{, filename}}
+Read and parse configuration data from the file or file-like object in
+\var{fp} (only the \method{readline()} method is used).  If
+\var{filename} is omitted and \var{fp} has a \member{name} attribute,
+that is used for \var{filename}; the default is \samp{<???>}.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}{get}{section, option\optional{, raw\optional{, vars}}}