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@@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ The module defines the following:
single: socket() (in module socket)
single: popen() (in module os)
- Among the acceptable object types in the sequences are Python file objects (e.g.
- ``sys.stdin``, or objects returned by :func:`open` or :func:`os.popen`), socket
- objects returned by :func:`socket.socket`. You may also define a :dfn:`wrapper`
- class yourself, as long as it has an appropriate :meth:`fileno` method (that
- really returns a file descriptor, not just a random integer).
+ Among the acceptable object types in the sequences are Python :term:`file
+ objects <file object>` (e.g. ``sys.stdin``, or objects returned by
+ :func:`open` or :func:`os.popen`), socket objects returned by
+ :func:`socket.socket`. You may also define a :dfn:`wrapper` class yourself,
+ as long as it has an appropriate :meth:`fileno` method (that really returns
+ a file descriptor, not just a random integer).
.. note::