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author | Martin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com> | 2016-10-22 03:21:36 +0000 |
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committer | Martin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com> | 2016-10-22 03:21:36 +0000 |
commit | 73a0af3545f0e9b62ac149367c0cfbdbfe40afe4 (patch) | |
tree | 9db0bac0a71ca7296ff714745c0f4eee0b07f6a5 /Doc/library/mmap.rst | |
parent | 6f5021addeb1d9ddd3610409d2461ec79870f9a5 (diff) | |
parent | 6fec8a2a83b0f93a80bb83e76dceeda1cf9d00dc (diff) | |
download | cpython-73a0af3545f0e9b62ac149367c0cfbdbfe40afe4.tar.gz |
Issue #28435: Merge urllib test fixes from 3.5 into 3.6
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diff --git a/Doc/library/mmap.rst b/Doc/library/mmap.rst index f4a6f5365d..6e6e29020b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/mmap.rst +++ b/Doc/library/mmap.rst @@ -264,13 +264,18 @@ To map anonymous memory, -1 should be passed as the fileno along with the length .. method:: write(bytes) Write the bytes in *bytes* into memory at the current position of the - file pointer; the file position is updated to point after the bytes that - were written. If the mmap was created with :const:`ACCESS_READ`, then + file pointer and return the number of bytes written (never less than + ``len(bytes)``, since if the write fails, a :exc:`ValueError` will be + raised). The file position is updated to point after the bytes that + were written. If the mmap was created with :const:`ACCESS_READ`, then writing to it will raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception. .. versionchanged:: 3.5 Writable :term:`bytes-like object` is now accepted. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + The number of bytes written is now returned. + .. method:: write_byte(byte) |