[Python-checkins] r62437 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/pickle.rst

Mon Apr 21 16:47:45 CEST 2008

Author: mark.summerfield
Date: Mon Apr 21 16:47:45 2008
New Revision: 62437
Log:
dumps() and loads() work in terms of bytes objects not strings.
Modified:
 python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/pickle.rst
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/pickle.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/pickle.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/pickle.rst	Mon Apr 21 16:47:45 2008
@@ -194,18 +194,18 @@
 
 .. function:: dumps(obj[, protocol])
 
- Return the pickled representation of the object as a string, instead of writing
- it to a file.
+ Return the pickled representation of the object as a :class:`bytes`
+ object, instead of writing it to a file.
 
 If the *protocol* parameter is omitted, protocol 3 is used. If *protocol* 
 is specified as a negative value or :const:`HIGHEST_PROTOCOL`, the highest 
 protocol version will be used.
 
 
-.. function:: loads(string)
+.. function:: loads(bytes_object)
 
- Read a pickled object hierarchy from a string. Characters in the string past
- the pickled object's representation are ignored.
+ Read a pickled object hierarchy from a :class:`bytes` object.
+ Bytes past the pickled object's representation are ignored.
 
 The :mod:`pickle` module also defines three exceptions:
 
