[Python-checkins] Correct info about "f.read(size)". (GH13852)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/075a441fa0c900802e331167f617058c7d3a9607
commit: 075a441fa0c900802e331167f617058c7d3a9607
branch: 3.7
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2019-09-10T09:02:40-07:00
summary:

Correct info about "f.read(size)". (GH13852)


In text mode, the "size" parameter indicates the number of characters, not bytes.
(cherry picked from commit faff81c05f838b0b7a64bbc8c53c02a9b04bb79d)

Co-authored-by: William Andrea <william.j.andrea at gmail.com>

files:
M Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst

diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
index 79427860f518..1dc01e82102d 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ To read a file's contents, call ``f.read(size)``, which reads some quantity of
 data and returns it as a string (in text mode) or bytes object (in binary mode).
 *size* is an optional numeric argument.  When *size* is omitted or negative, the
 entire contents of the file will be read and returned; it's your problem if the
-file is twice as large as your machine's memory. Otherwise, at most *size* bytes
-are read and returned.
+file is twice as large as your machine's memory. Otherwise, at most *size*
+characters (in text mode) or *size* bytes (in binary mode) are read and returned.
 If the end of the file has been reached, ``f.read()`` will return an empty
 string (``''``).  ::