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Posted to mod_python-commits@quetz.apache.org by jg...@apache.org on 2005/10/28 23:21:07 UTC
svn commit: r329306 - /httpd/mod_python/trunk/Doc/modpython4.tex
Author: jgallacher
Date: Fri Oct 28 14:21:04 2005
New Revision: 329306
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=329306&view=rev
Log:
Changed description for file attribute of the Field class in util.py.
It now indicates that Field.file is a file-like object and may be either
an instance of TemporaryFile or StringIO.
Modified:
httpd/mod_python/trunk/Doc/modpython4.tex
Modified: httpd/mod_python/trunk/Doc/modpython4.tex
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/httpd/mod_python/trunk/Doc/modpython4.tex?rev=329306&r1=329305&r2=329306&view=diff
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--- httpd/mod_python/trunk/Doc/modpython4.tex (original)
+++ httpd/mod_python/trunk/Doc/modpython4.tex Fri Oct 28 14:21:04 2005
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@
provides the additional \member{value} attribute for compatibility
with standard library \module{cgi} module.
\item
- An instances of a \class{Field} class, if the input is a file upload.
+ An instance of a \class{Field} class, if the input is a file upload.
\item
A list of \class{StringField} and/or \class{Field} objects. This is
when multiple values exist, such as for a \code{<select>} HTML form
@@ -1526,7 +1526,11 @@
\end{memberdesc}
\begin{memberdesc}{file}
- This is a file object. For file uploads it points to a temporary file.
+ This is a file-like object. For file uploads it points to a
+ \class{TemporaryFile} instance. (For more information see the TemporaryFile
+ class in the standard python
+ \citetitle[http://docs.python.org/lib/module-tempfile.html]{tempfile} module).
+
For simple values, it is a \class{StringIO} object, so you can read
simple string values via this attribute instead of using the \member{value}
attribute as well.