Clarify how hook_compressed determines how to open a file.

python · Feb 19, 2006 · c3e950c · c3e950c
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfileinput.tex b/Doc/lib/libfileinput.tex
@@ -165,8 +165,9 @@ \section{\module{fileinput} ---
 The two following opening hooks are provided by this module:
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{hook_compressed}{filename, mode}
-  Transparently opens files compressed with gzip and bzip2 using
-  the \module{gzip} and \module{bz2} modules.
+  Transparently opens files compressed with gzip and bzip2 (recognized
+  by the extensions \code{'.gz'} and \code{'.bz2'}) using the \module{gzip}
+  and \module{bz2} modules as well as normal files.
 
   Usage example: 
   \samp{fi = fileinput.FileInput(openhook=fileinput.hook_compressed)}