Bug #18920: Documentation on ARGF.inplace_mode and ARGF.inplace_mode= is wrong

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• Backport: 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN

[JohanJosefsson (Johan Josefsson)]

The file extension is appended to a copy of the original file and not to the modified file.

Cf. man page for ruby.

• Status changed from Open to Closed

Applied in changeset git|4ad69899b7db1e384665dec090d5cdc0c3b3c9b2.

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Fix documentation for ARGF.inplace_mode{,=}

The value affects the name of the backup file created, not the
name of the file modified (as the file is modified in place).

Fixes [Bug #18920]