Note that passing a filename to uu.{en,de}code() is deprecated.

gvanrossum · gvanrossum · commit e9a0732cd1cc · 1997-04-27T21:29:51.000Z
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex b/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \section{Standard module \sectcode{binhex}}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{hexbin}{input\optional{\, output}}
-Decode a binhex file \var{input}. \var{Input} may be a filename or a
+Decode a binhex file \var{input}. \var{input} may be a filename or a
 file-like object supporting \var{read} and \var{close} methods.
 The resulting file is written to a file named \var{output}, unless the
 argument is empty in which case the output filename is read from the
@@ -40,14 +40,13 @@ \section{Standard module \sectcode{uu}}
 
 This module encodes and decodes files in uuencode format, allowing
 arbitrary binary data to be transferred over ascii-only connections.
-Whereever a file argument is expected, the methods accept either a
-pathname (\code{'-'} for stdin/stdout) or a file-like object.
-
-Normally you would pass filenames, but there is one case where you
-have to open the file yourself: if you are on a non-unix platform and
-your binary file is actually a textfile that you want encoded
-unix-compatible you will have to open the file yourself as a textfile,
-so newline conversion is performed.
+Wherever a file argument is expected, the methods accept a file-like
+object.  For backwards compatibility, a string containing a pathname
+is also accepted, and the corresponding file will be opened for
+reading and writing; the pathname \code{'-'} is understood to mean the
+standard input or output.  However, this interface is deprecated; it's
+better for the caller to open the file itself, and be sure that, when
+required, the mode is \code{'rb'} or \code{'wb'} on Windows or DOS.
 
 This code was contributed by Lance Ellinghouse, and modified by Jack
 Jansen.
diff --git a/Doc/libbinascii.tex b/Doc/libbinascii.tex
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \section{Standard module \sectcode{binhex}}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{hexbin}{input\optional{\, output}}
-Decode a binhex file \var{input}. \var{Input} may be a filename or a
+Decode a binhex file \var{input}. \var{input} may be a filename or a
 file-like object supporting \var{read} and \var{close} methods.
 The resulting file is written to a file named \var{output}, unless the
 argument is empty in which case the output filename is read from the
@@ -40,14 +40,13 @@ \section{Standard module \sectcode{uu}}
 
 This module encodes and decodes files in uuencode format, allowing
 arbitrary binary data to be transferred over ascii-only connections.
-Whereever a file argument is expected, the methods accept either a
-pathname (\code{'-'} for stdin/stdout) or a file-like object.
-
-Normally you would pass filenames, but there is one case where you
-have to open the file yourself: if you are on a non-unix platform and
-your binary file is actually a textfile that you want encoded
-unix-compatible you will have to open the file yourself as a textfile,
-so newline conversion is performed.
+Wherever a file argument is expected, the methods accept a file-like
+object.  For backwards compatibility, a string containing a pathname
+is also accepted, and the corresponding file will be opened for
+reading and writing; the pathname \code{'-'} is understood to mean the
+standard input or output.  However, this interface is deprecated; it's
+better for the caller to open the file itself, and be sure that, when
+required, the mode is \code{'rb'} or \code{'wb'} on Windows or DOS.
 
 This code was contributed by Lance Ellinghouse, and modified by Jack
 Jansen.
