http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4f45f9cde9b4 changeset: 83583:4f45f9cde9b4 branch: 3.3 parent: 83576:4e58cafbebfc user: Charles-Francois Natali <cf.natali@gmail.com> date: Wed May 01 15:12:20 2013 +0200 summary: Issue #17529: Fix os.sendfile() documentation regarding the type of file descriptor supported. files: Doc/library/os.rst | 5 ++--- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -999,9 +999,8 @@ On Mac OS X and FreeBSD, a value of 0 for *nbytes* specifies to send until the end of *in* is reached. - On Solaris, *out* may be the file descriptor of a regular file or the file - descriptor of a socket. On all other platforms, *out* must be the file - descriptor of an open socket. + All platforms support sockets as *out* file descriptor, and some platforms + allow other types (e.g. regular file, pipe) as well. Availability: Unix. -- Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython