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bpo-37408: Specify that tarfile "format" argument is only for writing #14389
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bpo-37408: Specify that tarfile "format" argument is only for writing #14389
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LGTM.
I guess this PR could have a "skip news" tag (I don't seem to be allowed to add it)? |
Could anyone please add the "skip news" label? And merge it if it's OK? ^^ |
Sorry @pakal and @gpshead, I had trouble checking out the |
GH-16465 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.8 branch. |
According to https://bugs.python.org/issue30661#msg339300 , "format" argument of Tarfile.open() only concerns the writing of files. It's worth mentioning it in the doc, if it's True (confirmation from core maintainers is welcome).
https://bugs.python.org/issue37408