tempfile: Fix docstring. Issue #21397, patch by R. David Murray.

1st1 · 1st1 · commit 3e67d583ee75 · 2014-09-26T17:08:02.000-04:00
diff --git a/Lib/tempfile.py b/Lib/tempfile.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 """Temporary files.
 
 This module provides generic, low- and high-level interfaces for
-creating temporary files and directories.  The interfaces listed
-as "safe" just below can be used without fear of race conditions.
-Those listed as "unsafe" cannot, and are provided for backward
-compatibility only.
+creating temporary files and directories.  All of the interfaces
+provided by this module can be used without fear of race conditions
+except for 'mktemp'.  'mktemp' is subject to race conditions and
+should not be used; it is provided for backward compatibility only.
 
 This module also provides some data items to the user:
 
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ def __init__(self, max_size=0, mode='w+b', buffering=-1,
         else:
             # Setting newline="\n" avoids newline translation;
             # this is important because otherwise on Windows we'd
-            # hget double newline translation upon rollover().
+            # get double newline translation upon rollover().
             self._file = _io.StringIO(newline="\n")
         self._max_size = max_size
         self._rolled = False
