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Update _pyio docs to match _io
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Lib/_pyio.py

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def read(self, size=None):
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"""Read at most size bytes, returned as bytes.
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Only makes one system call, so less data may be returned than requested
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If size is less than 0, read all bytes in the file making
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multiple read calls. See ``_io.FileIO.readall``.
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Attempts to make only one system call, retrying only per
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PEP-475 (EINTR). This means less data may be returned than
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requested.
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In non-blocking mode, returns None if no data is available.
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Return an empty bytes object at EOF.
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"""
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def readall(self):
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"""Read all data from the file, returned as bytes.
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In non-blocking mode, returns as much as is immediately available,
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or None if no data is available. Return an empty bytes object at EOF.
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Reads until either there is an error or read() returns size 0
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(indicates EOF). If the file is already at EOF, returns an
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empty bytes object.
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In non-blocking mode, returns as much data as could be read
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before EAGAIN. If no data is available (EAGAIN is returned
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before bytes are read) returns None.
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"""
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self._checkClosed()
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self._checkReadable()

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