file.read Method Documentation (Python 2.7.10)

Stephen Tucker stephen_tucker at sil.org
Mon Jan 9 09:34:30 EST 2023


Dear Python-list,

Yes, I know that Python 2.x is no longer supported.

I have found that the documentation for this method is misleading when the
file being read is UTF-8-encoded:

   Instead of reading *size* bytes, the method reads *size *UTF-8 byte
*sequences*.

Has this error been corrected in the Python 3.x documentation?

Stephen Tucker.


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