[Python-checkins] r60321 - python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Sat Jan 26 15:02:38 2008
New Revision: 60321

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
Log:
Clarify "b" mode under Unix.


Modified: python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst	Sat Jan 26 15:02:38 2008
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@
 written.  This behind-the-scenes modification to file data is fine for ASCII
 text files, but it'll corrupt binary data like that in :file:`JPEG` or
 :file:`EXE` files.  Be very careful to use binary mode when reading and writing
-such files.
+such files.  On Unix, it doesn't hurt to append a ``'b'`` to the mode, so
+you can use it platform-independently for all binary files.
 
 
 .. _tut-filemethods: