Commit 933142a8 authored by Benjamin Peterson's avatar Benjamin Peterson

document that compile() can take bytes (closes #19910)

parent d4d60554
...@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. ...@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
.. function:: compile(source, filename, mode, flags=0, dont_inherit=False, optimize=-1) .. function:: compile(source, filename, mode, flags=0, dont_inherit=False, optimize=-1)
Compile the *source* into a code or AST object. Code objects can be executed Compile the *source* into a code or AST object. Code objects can be executed
by :func:`exec` or :func:`eval`. *source* can either be a string or an AST by :func:`exec` or :func:`eval`. *source* can either be a normal string, a
object. Refer to the :mod:`ast` module documentation for information on how byte string, or an AST object. Refer to the :mod:`ast` module documentation
to work with AST objects. for information on how to work with AST objects.
The *filename* argument should give the file from which the code was read; The *filename* argument should give the file from which the code was read;
pass some recognizable value if it wasn't read from a file (``'<string>'`` is pass some recognizable value if it wasn't read from a file (``'<string>'`` is
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...@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ finally: ...@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ finally:
PyDoc_STRVAR(compile_doc, PyDoc_STRVAR(compile_doc,
"compile(source, filename, mode[, flags[, dont_inherit]]) -> code object\n\ "compile(source, filename, mode[, flags[, dont_inherit]]) -> code object\n\
\n\ \n\
Compile the source string (a Python module, statement or expression)\n\ Compile the source (a Python module, statement or expression)\n\
into a code object that can be executed by exec() or eval().\n\ into a code object that can be executed by exec() or eval().\n\
The filename will be used for run-time error messages.\n\ The filename will be used for run-time error messages.\n\
The mode must be 'exec' to compile a module, 'single' to compile a\n\ The mode must be 'exec' to compile a module, 'single' to compile a\n\
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