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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion Doc/library/io.rst
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Expand Up @@ -405,7 +405,9 @@ I/O Base Classes

.. method:: seek(offset, whence=os.SEEK_SET, /)

Change the stream position to the given byte *offset*,
Change the stream position to the given *offset*,
treated as a byte offset for binary streams
and a character offset for text streams,
interpreted relative to the position indicated by *whence*,
and return the new absolute position.
Values for *whence* are:
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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions Modules/_io/clinic/iobase.c.h

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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions Modules/_io/iobase.c
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Expand Up @@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ _io._IOBase.seek
The relative position to seek from.
/

Change the stream position to the given byte offset.
Change the stream position to the given offset.

The offset is treated as a byte offset for binary streams, and as a
character offset for text streams.

The offset is interpreted relative to the position indicated by whence.
Values for whence are:
Expand All @@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ Return the new absolute position.
static PyObject *
_io__IOBase_seek_impl(PyObject *self, PyTypeObject *cls,
int Py_UNUSED(offset), int Py_UNUSED(whence))
/*[clinic end generated code: output=8bd74ea6538ded53 input=74211232b363363e]*/
/*[clinic end generated code: output=8bd74ea6538ded53 input=2e7053a15733b5d6]*/
{
_PyIO_State *state = get_io_state_by_cls(cls);
return iobase_unsupported(state, "seek");
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