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Diffstat (limited to 'io.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | io.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -1044,15 +1044,15 @@ read_all(fptr, siz, str) /* * call-seq: - * ios.readpartial(integer[, outbuf]) => string, outbuf + * ios.readpartial(maxlen[, outbuf]) => string, outbuf * - * Reads at most <i>integer</i> bytes from the I/O stream but + * Reads at most <i>maxlen</i> bytes from the I/O stream but * it blocks only if <em>ios</em> has no data immediately available. * If the optional <i>outbuf</i> argument is present, * it must reference a String, which will receive the data. * It raises <code>EOFError</code> on end of file. * - * readpartial is designed for streams such as pipe, socket, etc. + * readpartial is designed for streams such as pipe, socket, tty, etc. * It blocks only when no data immediately available. * This means that it blocks only when following all conditions hold. * * the stdio buffer in the IO object is empty. |