From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 16:26:56 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mark the 'whence' parameter of the file object's seek() method as optional;
X-Git-Tag: v1.5.2a1~424
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e5836d981122fdda8c41282d0ba8e05b6c806809;p=python

Mark the 'whence' parameter of the file object's seek() method as optional;
it's already decribed that way in the description.
---

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex
index 2dfe742932..c16c1fcf56 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ descriptors, e.g. module \code{fcntl} or \code{os.read()} and friends.
   internal buffer size) are read.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
-\begin{methoddesc}[file]{seek}{offset, whence}
+\begin{methoddesc}[file]{seek}{offset\optional{, whence}}
   Set the file's current position, like \code{stdio}'s \cfunction{fseek()}.
   The \var{whence} argument is optional and defaults to \code{0}
   (absolute file positioning); other values are \code{1} (seek