[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): document IOBase.del's behavior (closes #21764)

Sun Jun 15 03:52:23 CEST 2014

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4dca82f8d91d
changeset: 91183:4dca82f8d91d
branch: 2.7
parent: 91177:b4bab0788768
user: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
date: Sat Jun 14 18:51:34 2014 -0700
summary:
 document IOBase.__del__'s behavior (closes #21764)
Patch from Nikolaus Rath.
files:
 Doc/library/io.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst
--- a/Doc/library/io.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/io.rst
@@ -346,6 +346,12 @@
 is usual for each of the lines provided to have a line separator at the
 end.
 
+ .. method:: __del__()
+
+ Prepare for object destruction. :class:`IOBase` provides a default
+ implementation of this method that calls the instance's
+ :meth:`~IOBase.close` method.
+
 
 .. class:: RawIOBase
 
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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython


[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): document IOBase.__del__'s behavior (closes #21764)

[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): document IOBase.del's behavior (closes #21764)