From a3d015327cd2ca52f1271ca2ca4a5917b09fa6f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cody Maloney Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 03:53:56 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] gh-83926: BlockingIOError characters_written is byte count (GH-141215) (cherry picked from commit e12c744b0a9322186146a90a5d2283d9a1049d31) Co-authored-by: Cody Maloney --- Doc/library/exceptions.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst index 37eb64e6ff12f8..395cf8ee2ad39c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst @@ -725,8 +725,8 @@ depending on the system error code. .. attribute:: characters_written - An integer containing the number of characters written to the stream - before it blocked. This attribute is available when using the + An integer containing the number of **bytes** written to the stream + before it blocked. This attribute is available when using the buffered I/O classes from the :mod:`io` module. .. exception:: ChildProcessError