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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2015-03-18 14:16:50 +0100
committerVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2015-03-18 14:16:50 +0100
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downloadcpython-e595f7918e27b1563226b9480338b8bb94d7348b.tar.gz
Issue #11726: Fix linecache example in the doc
Use a Python source file (linecache.__file__) instead of /etc/passwd. Modify also linecache docstrings to clarify the linecache is written to cache Python source files, not any text files.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/linecache.rst b/Doc/library/linecache.rst
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@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ The :mod:`linecache` module defines the following functions:
Example::
>>> import linecache
- >>> linecache.getline('/etc/passwd', 4)
- 'sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh\n'
+ >>> linecache.getline(linecache.__file__, 8)
+ 'import sys\n'