[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): #13530: port to 2.7 branch (document what os.lseek returns).

[georg.brandl]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/168e40af4a20
changeset:   89580:168e40af4a20
branch:      2.7
parent:      89558:0ae254c11921
user:        Georg Brandl <georg at python.org>
date:        Tue Mar 11 10:28:56 2014 +0100
summary:
  #13530: port to 2.7 branch (document what os.lseek returns).

files:
  Doc/library/os.rst    |  2 +-
  Modules/posixmodule.c |  3 ++-
  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@
    by *how*: :const:`SEEK_SET` or ``0`` to set the position relative to the
    beginning of the file; :const:`SEEK_CUR` or ``1`` to set it relative to the
    current position; :const:`SEEK_END` or ``2`` to set it relative to the end of
-   the file.
+   the file. Return the new cursor position in bytes, starting from the beginning.
 
    Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -6667,7 +6667,8 @@
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(posix_lseek__doc__,
 "lseek(fd, pos, how) -> newpos\n\n\
-Set the current position of a file descriptor.");
+Set the current position of a file descriptor.\n\
+Return the new cursor position in bytes, starting from the beginning.");
 
 static PyObject *
 posix_lseek(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython