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| -rw-r--r-- | pexpect/fdpexpect.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pexpect/fdpexpect.py b/pexpect/fdpexpect.py index 25b5c8d..785bc10 100644 --- a/pexpect/fdpexpect.py +++ b/pexpect/fdpexpect.py @@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ class fdspawn(SpawnBase): self.write(s) def read_nonblocking(self, size=1, timeout=-1): - '''The read_nonblocking method of fdspawn assumes that the file - will never block. This is not the case for all file like objects - that support fileno (e.g. POSIX sockets and serial ports). So we - use select to implement the timeout on POSIX.''' + """The read_nonblocking method of SpawnBase assumes that a call to + os.read will not block. This is not the case for POSIX file like + objects like sockets and serial ports. So we use select to implement + the timeout on POSIX.""" if os.name == 'posix': if timeout == -1: timeout = self.timeout |