Document the proper exception to be raised by I/O operations on closed
files; error reported by Ng Pheng Siong <ngps@post1.com>.
Make sure that various special object attributes are properly indexed.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
index fcee52f..003a454 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
@@ -972,6 +972,7 @@
It is written as \code{Ellipsis}.
+
\subsubsection{File Objects\obindex{file}
\label{bltin-file-objects}}
@@ -995,8 +996,8 @@
\begin{methoddesc}[file]{close}{}
Close the file. A closed file cannot be read or written anymore.
- Any operation which requires that the file be open will raise an
- \exception{IOError} after the file has been closed. Calling
+ Any operation which requires that the file be open will raise a
+ \exception{ValueError} after the file has been closed. Calling
\method{close()} more than once is allowed.
\end{methoddesc}
@@ -1137,6 +1138,7 @@
\keyword{print} to keep track of its internal state.
\end{memberdesc}
+
\subsubsection{Internal Objects \label{typesinternal}}
See the \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python Reference Manual} for this
@@ -1149,26 +1151,28 @@
The implementation adds a few special read-only attributes to several
object types, where they are relevant:
-\begin{memberdescni}{__dict__}
-A dictionary of some sort used to store an
+\begin{memberdesc}[object]{__dict__}
+A dictionary or other mapping object used to store an
object's (writable) attributes.
-\end{memberdescni}
+\end{memberdesc}
-\begin{memberdescni}{__methods__}
+\begin{memberdesc}[object]{__methods__}
List of the methods of many built-in object types,
e.g., \code{[].__methods__} yields
\code{['append', 'count', 'index', 'insert', 'pop', 'remove',
-'reverse', 'sort']}.
-\end{memberdescni}
+'reverse', 'sort']}. This usually does not need to be explicitly
+provided by the object.
+\end{memberdesc}
-\begin{memberdescni}{__members__}
-Similar to \member{__methods__}, but lists data attributes.
-\end{memberdescni}
+\begin{memberdesc}[object]{__members__}
+Similar to \member{__methods__}, but lists data attributes. This
+usually does not need to be explicitly provided by the object.
+\end{memberdesc}
-\begin{memberdescni}{__class__}
+\begin{memberdesc}[instance]{__class__}
The class to which a class instance belongs.
-\end{memberdescni}
+\end{memberdesc}
-\begin{memberdescni}{__bases__}
+\begin{memberdesc}[class]{__bases__}
The tuple of base classes of a class object.
-\end{memberdescni}
+\end{memberdesc}