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authorMartin Panter <vadmium>2015-09-11 04:39:31 +0000
committerMartin Panter <vadmium>2015-09-11 04:39:31 +0000
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Issue #25030: Merge seek() doc fixes from 3.4 into 3.5
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@@ -301,11 +301,11 @@ I/O Base Classes
Note that it's already possible to iterate on file objects using ``for
line in file: ...`` without calling ``file.readlines()``.
- .. method:: seek(offset, whence=SEEK_SET)
+ .. method:: seek(offset[, whence])
Change the stream position to the given byte *offset*. *offset* is
- interpreted relative to the position indicated by *whence*. Values for
- *whence* are:
+ interpreted relative to the position indicated by *whence*. The default
+ value for *whence* is :data:`SEEK_SET`. Values for *whence* are:
* :data:`SEEK_SET` or ``0`` -- start of the stream (the default);
*offset* should be zero or positive
@@ -783,10 +783,11 @@ Text I/O
If *size* is specified, at most *size* characters will be read.
- .. method:: seek(offset, whence=SEEK_SET)
+ .. method:: seek(offset[, whence])
- Change the stream position to the given *offset*. Behaviour depends
- on the *whence* parameter:
+ Change the stream position to the given *offset*. Behaviour depends on
+ the *whence* parameter. The default value for *whence* is
+ :data:`SEEK_SET`.
* :data:`SEEK_SET` or ``0``: seek from the start of the stream
(the default); *offset* must either be a number returned by