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Title: misleading info about tarfile.py's "r|*" mode
Type: Stage:
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 2.5
process
Status: closed Resolution: accepted
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: akuchling Nosy List: akuchling, lars.gustaebel, nnorwitz
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2006-07-27 16:22 by lars.gustaebel, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg50777 - (view) Author: Lars Gustäbel (lars.gustaebel) * (Python committer) Date: 2006-07-27 16:22 
In the "New, Improved and Removed Modules" section of
"What's new in Python 2.5", it is said to be new that a
tarfile's compression can be autodetected using mode
"r|*". This is not quite right.

New about the "r|*" mode is that it can autodetect
compression of a tarfile opened in *stream mode* which
was not possible before.

Attached is a patch against whatsnew25.tex in current
SVN HEAD.
msg50778 - (view) Author: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz) * (Python committer) Date: 2006-07-28 04:33 
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Andrew, I suppose you'll want to take a look at this and
update the whatsnew.
msg50779 - (view) Author: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling) * (Python committer) Date: 2006-07-28 12:07 
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Applied; thanks!
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2022-04-11 14:56:19adminsetgithub: 43733
2006-07-27 16:22:09lars.gustaebelcreate