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#5107: document that default encoding is the same as locale.getpreferredencoding().

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Georg Brandl 2009-02-05 10:47:16 +00:00
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@ -666,9 +666,14 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
Other common values are ``'w'`` for writing (truncating the file if it Other common values are ``'w'`` for writing (truncating the file if it
already exists), and ``'a'`` for appending (which on *some* Unix systems, already exists), and ``'a'`` for appending (which on *some* Unix systems,
means that *all* writes append to the end of the file regardless of the means that *all* writes append to the end of the file regardless of the
current seek position). In text mode, if *encoding* is not specified the current seek position).
encoding used is platform dependent. (For reading and writing raw bytes use
binary mode and leave *encoding* unspecified.) The available modes are: In text mode, if *encoding* is not specified the encoding used is the same as
returned by :func:`locale.getpreferredencoding`, if the :mod:`locale` module
is available, else ASCII. For reading and writing raw bytes, use binary mode
and leave *encoding* unspecified.
The available modes are:
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Character Meaning Character Meaning