Let's keep things portable to non GCC compilers, please.
You can only use mult-line strings in C if each line ends in \.
diff --git a/Modules/fcntlmodule.c b/Modules/fcntlmodule.c
index 91119c7..5aa5516 100644
--- a/Modules/fcntlmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/fcntlmodule.c
@@ -262,28 +262,28 @@
}
static char lockf_doc [] =
-"lockf (fd, operation, length=0, start=0, whence=0)
-
-This is essentially a wrapper around the fcntl() locking calls. fd is the
-file descriptor of the file to lock or unlock, and operation is one of the
-following values:
-
- LOCK_UN - unlock
- LOCK_SH - acquire a shared lock
- LOCK_EX - acquire an exclusive lock
-
-When operation is LOCK_SH or LOCK_EX, it can also be bit-wise OR'd with
-LOCK_NB to avoid blocking on lock acquisition. If LOCK_NB is used and the
-lock cannot be acquired, an IOError will be raised and the exception will
-have an errno attribute set to EACCES or EAGAIN (depending on the operating
-system -- for portability, check for either value).
-
-length is the number of bytes to lock, with the default meaning to lock to
-EOF. start is the byte offset, relative to whence, to that the lock
-starts. whence is as with fileobj.seek(), specifically:
-
- 0 - relative to the start of the file (SEEK_SET)
- 1 - relative to the current buffer position (SEEK_CUR)
+"lockf (fd, operation, length=0, start=0, whence=0)\n\
+\n\
+This is essentially a wrapper around the fcntl() locking calls. fd is the\n\
+file descriptor of the file to lock or unlock, and operation is one of the\n\
+following values:\n\
+\n\
+ LOCK_UN - unlock\n\
+ LOCK_SH - acquire a shared lock\n\
+ LOCK_EX - acquire an exclusive lock\n\
+\n\
+When operation is LOCK_SH or LOCK_EX, it can also be bit-wise OR'd with\n\
+LOCK_NB to avoid blocking on lock acquisition. If LOCK_NB is used and the\n\
+lock cannot be acquired, an IOError will be raised and the exception will\n\
+have an errno attribute set to EACCES or EAGAIN (depending on the operating\n\
+system -- for portability, check for either value).\n\
+\n\
+length is the number of bytes to lock, with the default meaning to lock to\n\
+EOF. start is the byte offset, relative to whence, to that the lock\n\
+starts. whence is as with fileobj.seek(), specifically:\n\
+\n\
+ 0 - relative to the start of the file (SEEK_SET)\n\
+ 1 - relative to the current buffer position (SEEK_CUR)\n\
2 - relative to the end of the file (SEEK_END)";
/* List of functions */