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diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.sax.rst b/Doc/library/xml.sax.rst index e95d6b0f85..78d6633e09 100644 --- a/Doc/library/xml.sax.rst +++ b/Doc/library/xml.sax.rst @@ -3,10 +3,14 @@ .. module:: xml.sax :synopsis: Package containing SAX2 base classes and convenience functions. + .. moduleauthor:: Lars Marius Garshol <larsga@garshol.priv.no> .. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org> .. sectionauthor:: Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> +**Source code:** :source:`Lib/xml/sax/__init__.py` + +-------------- The :mod:`xml.sax` package provides a number of modules which implement the Simple API for XML (SAX) interface for Python. The package itself provides the @@ -47,7 +51,11 @@ The convenience functions are: .. function:: parseString(string, handler, error_handler=handler.ErrorHandler()) Similar to :func:`parse`, but parses from a buffer *string* received as a - parameter. + parameter. *string* must be a :class:`str` instance or a + :term:`bytes-like object`. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + Added support of :class:`str` instances. A typical SAX application uses three kinds of objects: readers, handlers and input sources. "Reader" in this context is another term for parser, i.e. some |