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-rw-r--r--lib-python/3/plistlib.py6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib-python/3/plistlib.py b/lib-python/3/plistlib.py
index 21ebec3f00..33b79a133b 100644
--- a/lib-python/3/plistlib.py
+++ b/lib-python/3/plistlib.py
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ _FORMATS={
def load(fp, *, fmt=None, use_builtin_types=True, dict_type=dict):
- """Read a .plist file. 'fp' should be (readable) file object.
+ """Read a .plist file. 'fp' should be a readable and binary file object.
Return the unpacked root object (which usually is a dictionary).
"""
if fmt is None:
@@ -960,8 +960,8 @@ def loads(value, *, fmt=None, use_builtin_types=True, dict_type=dict):
def dump(value, fp, *, fmt=FMT_XML, sort_keys=True, skipkeys=False):
- """Write 'value' to a .plist file. 'fp' should be a (writable)
- file object.
+ """Write 'value' to a .plist file. 'fp' should be a writable,
+ binary file object.
"""
if fmt not in _FORMATS:
raise ValueError("Unsupported format: %r"%(fmt,))