From c523205cef2c23cb2426700fe43d1b6c5cd153f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "C.A.M. Gerlach" Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 06:16:36 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] gh-81762: Clarify and simplify description of print's flush param (GH-103264) (cherry picked from commit c396b6ddf3da784349bac9ebf7f28c55bde016ea) Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach --- Doc/library/functions.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 4e4c49ce3a6ba7..7b69855caaf209 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -1423,8 +1423,9 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. arguments are converted to text strings, :func:`print` cannot be used with binary mode file objects. For these, use ``file.write(...)`` instead. - Whether the output is buffered is usually determined by *file*, but if the - *flush* keyword argument is true, the stream is forcibly flushed. + Output buffering is usually determined by *file*. + However, if *flush* is true, the stream is forcibly flushed. + .. versionchanged:: 3.3 Added the *flush* keyword argument.