[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): the name of the option is a bit too low-level
benjamin.peterson
python-checkins at python.org
Sun Mar 20 18:22:59 CET 2011
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/5c1a91809821
changeset: 68761:5c1a91809821
branch: 2.7
parent: 68697:5ae4f3bbaebe
user: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
date: Sun Mar 20 12:24:20 2011 -0500
summary:
the name of the option is a bit too low-level
files:
Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2535,14 +2535,14 @@
.. attribute:: file.newlines
- If Python was built with the :option:`--with-universal-newlines` option to
- :program:`configure` (the default) this read-only attribute exists, and for
- files opened in universal newline read mode it keeps track of the types of
- newlines encountered while reading the file. The values it can take are
- ``'\r'``, ``'\n'``, ``'\r\n'``, ``None`` (unknown, no newlines read yet) or a
- tuple containing all the newline types seen, to indicate that multiple newline
- conventions were encountered. For files not opened in universal newline read
- mode the value of this attribute will be ``None``.
+ If Python was built with universal newlines enabled (the default) this
+ read-only attribute exists, and for files opened in universal newline read
+ mode it keeps track of the types of newlines encountered while reading the
+ file. The values it can take are ``'\r'``, ``'\n'``, ``'\r\n'``, ``None``
+ (unknown, no newlines read yet) or a tuple containing all the newline types
+ seen, to indicate that multiple newline conventions were encountered. For
+ files not opened in universal newline read mode the value of this attribute
+ will be ``None``.
.. attribute:: file.softspace
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