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changeset: 74784:e4c4595033ad branch: 3.2 parent: 74777:cd748bab3cdd user: Nadeem Vawda nadeem.vawda@gmail.com date: Sun Feb 05 14:29:00 2012 +0200 files: Doc/library/bz2.rst description: Clarify note in BZ2File docs about lack of multi-stream support (issue #1625). diff -r cd748bab3cdd -r e4c4595033ad Doc/library/bz2.rst --- a/Doc/library/bz2.rst Sun Feb 05 09:25:22 2012 +0100 +++ b/Doc/library/bz2.rst Sun Feb 05 14:29:00 2012 +0200 @@ -70,8 +70,11 @@ This class does not support input files containing multiple streams (such as those produced by the :program:`pbzip2` tool). When reading such an input file, only the first stream will be accessible. If you require - support for multi-stream files, consider using the third-party `bz2file - module `_ instead of this class. + support for multi-stream files, consider using the third-party + :mod:`bz2file` module (available from + `PyPI `_). This module provides a + backport of Python 3.3's :class:`BZ2File` class, which does support + multi-stream files. .. method:: close()/nadeem.vawda@gmail.com