From bc06622fdb7a2d6fde0f680ccc282e7bce0a4bfd 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 9d3e0a4c20f9eb..3f1ec95005cbb5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst @@ -735,8 +735,8 @@ 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