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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2011-01-26 20:40:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2011-01-26 20:40:32 +0000 |
| commit | 32074e337e0bf39298b8f7a5fb609dfbcabc8a3b (patch) | |
| tree | fc241d9006a686fd94df56bab8c763eb3ffb2315 | |
| parent | 57a8689b55ee3a26f53b4b743901b3a55b57b46c (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-32074e337e0bf39298b8f7a5fb609dfbcabc8a3b.tar.gz | |
Add note advising that 'filter' be used as a keyword-argument.
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/tarfile.rst | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst index 60b9cd45f3..a8e1d56ad3 100644 --- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst @@ -419,7 +419,9 @@ be finalized; only the internally used file object will be closed. See the .. deprecated:: 2.7 The *exclude* parameter is deprecated, please use the *filter* parameter - instead. + instead. For maximum portability, *filter* should be used as a keyword + argument rather than as a positional argument so that code won't be + affected when *exclude* is ultimately removed. .. method:: TarFile.addfile(tarinfo, fileobj=None) |