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| author | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2012-01-11 14:09:49 -0500 |
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| committer | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2012-01-11 14:09:49 -0500 |
| commit | 4d3d2432365db7b742df2a000a196af6ad29a8b9 (patch) | |
| tree | b0ff7111b6110f56a73bb1eddc24409ff5ceb370 | |
| parent | 448babd9098f60c5fb6039aec4f2cc9c19b36c24 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-4d3d2432365db7b742df2a000a196af6ad29a8b9.tar.gz | |
Closes #11633 Clarify print buffering.
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index e5d4a99c95..ff6d1c00cd 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -954,7 +954,9 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. *end*. The *file* argument must be an object with a ``write(string)`` method; if it - is not present or ``None``, :data:`sys.stdout` will be used. + is not present or ``None``, :data:`sys.stdout` will be used. Output buffering + is determined by *file*. Use ``sys.stdout.flush()`` to ensure immediate + appearance on a screen. .. function:: property(fget=None, fset=None, fdel=None, doc=None) |