[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #1625: Document BZ2File's lack of support for multi-stream inputs.

[nadeem.vawda]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e73d549b7458
changeset:   74769:e73d549b7458
branch:      2.7
parent:      74766:741d4aaf7947
user:        Nadeem Vawda <nadeem.vawda at gmail.com>
date:        Sat Feb 04 23:43:25 2012 +0200
summary:
  Issue #1625: Document BZ2File's lack of support for multi-stream inputs.

files:
  Doc/library/bz2.rst |  9 +++++++++
  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/bz2.rst b/Doc/library/bz2.rst
--- a/Doc/library/bz2.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/bz2.rst
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@
       Support for the :keyword:`with` statement was added.
 
 
+   .. note::
+
+      This class does not support input files containing multiple streams (such
+      as those produced by the :program:`pbzip2` tool). When reading such an
+      input file, only the first stream will be accessible. If you require
+      support for multi-stream files, consider using the third-party `bz2file
+      module <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/bz2file>`_ instead of this class.
+
+
    .. method:: close()
 
       Close the file. Sets data attribute :attr:`closed` to true. A closed file

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