strange note in fcntl docs

Skip Montanaro skip at pobox.com
Mon Jan 17 22:54:46 EST 2005


    John> And, even if they were, the note is *still* wrong and misleading:
    John> fcntl is available on Windows, and os.open's flags won't be.

Does this read better?

Skip

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--- /Users/skip/src/python/head/dist/src/Doc/lib/libfcntl.tex   Mon Jan 17 21:52:50 2005
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*** 165,173 ****
  better.
  
  \begin{seealso}
!   \seemodule{os}{The \function{os.open()} function supports locking flags
!                  and is available on a wider variety of platforms than
!                  the \function{lockf()} and \function{flock()}
!                  functions, providing a more platform-independent file
!                  locking facility.}
  \end{seealso}
--- 165,172 ----
  better.
  
  \begin{seealso}
!   \seemodule{os}{If the \module{os} module supports the \var{O_SHLOCK}
!       and \var{O_EXLOCK} locking flags, the \function{os.open()} function
!       provides an alternative to the \function{lockf()} and
!       \function{flock()} functions.}
  \end{seealso}



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