changeset: 89580:168e40af4a20 branch: 2.7 parent: 89558:0ae254c11921 user: Georg Brandl date: Tue Mar 11 10:28:56 2014 +0100 files: Doc/library/os.rst Modules/posixmodule.c description: #13530: port to 2.7 branch (document what os.lseek returns). diff -r 0ae254c11921 -r 168e40af4a20 Doc/library/os.rst --- a/Doc/library/os.rst Mon Mar 10 19:26:57 2014 +0100 +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst Tue Mar 11 10:28:56 2014 +0100 @@ -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 -r 0ae254c11921 -r 168e40af4a20 Modules/posixmodule.c --- a/Modules/posixmodule.c Mon Mar 10 19:26:57 2014 +0100 +++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c Tue Mar 11 10:28:56 2014 +0100 @@ -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)