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changeset: 82637:c226133b1493 branch: 2.7 parent: 82633:4a5ad099b176 user: Ezio Melotti ezio.melotti@gmail.com date: Wed Mar 13 02:26:11 2013 +0200 files: Doc/library/mmap.rst description: #17402: avoid shadowing built-in map in mmap examples. Initial patch by Aman Shah. diff -r 4a5ad099b176 -r c226133b1493 Doc/library/mmap.rst --- a/Doc/library/mmap.rst Wed Mar 13 01:49:57 2013 +0200 +++ b/Doc/library/mmap.rst Wed Mar 13 02:26:11 2013 +0200 @@ -114,19 +114,19 @@ with open("hello.txt", "r+b") as f: # memory-map the file, size 0 means whole file - map = mmap.mmap(f.fileno(), 0) + mm = mmap.mmap(f.fileno(), 0) # read content via standard file methods - print map.readline() # prints "Hello Python!" + print mm.readline() # prints "Hello Python!" # read content via slice notation - print map[:5] # prints "Hello" + print mm[:5] # prints "Hello" # update content using slice notation; # note that new content must have same size - map[6:] = " world!\n" + mm[6:] = " world!\n" # ... and read again using standard file methods - map.seek(0) - print map.readline() # prints "Hello world!" + mm.seek(0) + print mm.readline() # prints "Hello world!" # close the map - map.close() + mm.close() The next example demonstrates how to create an anonymous map and exchange @@ -135,16 +135,16 @@ import mmap import os - map = mmap.mmap(-1, 13) - map.write("Hello world!") + mm = mmap.mmap(-1, 13) + mm.write("Hello world!") pid = os.fork() if pid == 0: # In a child process - map.seek(0) - print map.readline() + mm.seek(0) + print mm.readline() - map.close() + mm.close() Memory-mapped file objects support the following methods: /ezio.melotti@gmail.com