[Python-checkins] bpo-34319: Clarify file handler closure in pathlib.read_text (GH-8645)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3da5c5c76d90ddfc4c188cc801d9387501b63b7f
commit: 3da5c5c76d90ddfc4c188cc801d9387501b63b7f
branch: 3.6
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2018-08-06T13:04:30-07:00
summary:

bpo-34319: Clarify file handler closure in pathlib.read_text (GH-8645)


Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
(cherry picked from commit 5b2657fb8c5aaa98e5748e1c325c74b97ea12fd1)

Co-authored-by: Xtreak <tirkarthi at users.noreply.github.com>

files:
M Doc/library/pathlib.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
index 7b3c9ecc2f09..0377027da56f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
@@ -897,7 +897,8 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist):
       >>> p.read_text()
       'Text file contents'
 
-   The optional parameters have the same meaning as in :func:`open`.
+   The file is opened and then closed. The optional parameters have the same
+   meaning as in :func:`open`.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.5