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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-07-17 16:29:04 +0000
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-07-17 16:29:04 +0000
commitcf40d1b7ccca169596258387225ef904ebfbbcb9 (patch)
tree6e17c0de86b07f0040f66896719940ef53c3c782 /Doc/lib
parent35504b0b2e9e0e9e3608d99622c68bbc09a856d2 (diff)
downloadcpython-cf40d1b7ccca169596258387225ef904ebfbbcb9.tar.gz
Note that getvalue() must be called before close().
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstrio.tex b/Doc/lib/libstrio.tex
index 470fda0b1e..1241e185f7 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libstrio.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstrio.tex
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
\section{Standard Module \sectcode{StringIO}}
+\label{module-StringIO}
\stmodindex{StringIO}
@@ -10,5 +11,7 @@ When a \code{StringIO} object is created, it can be initialized
to an existing string by passing the string to the constructor.
If no string is given, the \code{StringIO} will start empty.
-The method \code{getvalue()} can be called to retrieve the
-entire contents of the ``file'' at any time.
+The method \code{getvalue()} can be called to retrieve the entire
+contents of the ``file'' at any time before the \code{StringIO}
+object's \code{close()} method is called. Calling \code{close()} will
+free the memory buffer.