#3007: remove stringio docs and fix a few nits in io docs.

Doc/library/io.rst

@@ -630,9 +630,9 @@ Text I/O
 
 .. class:: StringIO([initial_value[, encoding[, errors[, newline]]]])
 
-   An in-memory stream for text.  It in inherits :class:`TextIOWrapper`.
+   An in-memory stream for text.  It inherits :class:`TextIOWrapper`.
 
-   Create a new StringIO stream with an inital value, encoding, error handling,
+   Create a new StringIO stream with an initial value, encoding, error handling,
    and newline setting.  See :class:`TextIOWrapper`\'s constructor for more
    information.
 
@@ -641,8 +641,25 @@ Text I/O
 
    .. method:: getvalue()
 
-      Return a ``str`` containing the entire contents of the buffer.
+      Return a ``str`` containing the entire contents of the buffer at any
+      time before the :class:`StringIO` object's :meth:`close` method is
+      called.
 
+   Example usage::
+
+      import io
+
+      output = io.StringIO()
+      output.write('First line.\n')
+      print('Second line.', file=output)
+
+      # Retrieve file contents -- this will be
+      # 'First line.\nSecond line.\n'
+      contents = output.getvalue()
+
+      # Close object and discard memory buffer -- 
+      # .getvalue() will now raise an exception.
+      output.close()
 
 .. class:: IncrementalNewlineDecoder
 

Doc/library/stringio.rst

-.. XXX this whole file is outdated
-
-:mod:`StringIO` --- Read and write strings as files
-===================================================
-
-.. module:: StringIO
-   :synopsis: Read and write strings as if they were files.
-
-
-This module implements a file-like class, :class:`StringIO`, that reads and
-writes a string buffer (also known as *memory files*).  See the description of
-file objects for operations (section :ref:`bltin-file-objects`). (For
-standard strings, see :class:`str`.)
-
-
-.. class:: StringIO([buffer])
-
-   When a :class:`StringIO` object is created, it can be initialized to an existing
-   string by passing the string to the constructor. If no string is given, the
-   :class:`StringIO` will start empty. In both cases, the initial file position
-   starts at zero.
-
-The following methods of :class:`StringIO` objects require special mention:
-
-
-.. method:: StringIO.getvalue()
-
-   Retrieve the entire contents of the "file" at any time before the
-   :class:`StringIO` object's :meth:`close` method is called.
-
-
-.. method:: StringIO.close()
-
-   Free the memory buffer.
-
-Example usage::
-
-   import StringIO
-
-   output = StringIO.StringIO()
-   output.write('First line.\n')
-   print('Second line.', file=output)
-
-   # Retrieve file contents -- this will be
-   # 'First line.\nSecond line.\n'
-   contents = output.getvalue()
-
-   # Close object and discard memory buffer -- 
-   # .getvalue() will now raise an exception.
-   output.close()
-
-
-:mod:`cStringIO` --- Faster version of :mod:`StringIO`
-======================================================
-
-.. module:: cStringIO
-   :synopsis: Faster version of StringIO, but not subclassable.
-.. moduleauthor:: Jim Fulton <jim@zope.com>
-.. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>
-
-
-The module :mod:`cStringIO` provides an interface similar to that of the
-:mod:`StringIO` module.  Heavy use of :class:`StringIO.StringIO` objects can be
-made more efficient by using the function :func:`StringIO` from this module
-instead.
-
-Since this module provides a factory function which returns objects of built-in
-types, there's no way to build your own version using subclassing.  Use the
-original :mod:`StringIO` module in that case.
-
-Unlike the memory files implemented by the :mod:`StringIO` module, those
-provided by this module are not able to accept strings that cannot be
-encoded in plain ASCII.
-
-Calling :func:`StringIO` with a string parameter populates
-the object with the buffer representation of the string, instead of
-encoding the string. 
-
-Another difference from the :mod:`StringIO` module is that calling
-:func:`StringIO` with a string parameter creates a read-only object. Unlike an
-object created without a string parameter, it does not have write methods.
-These objects are not generally visible.  They turn up in tracebacks as
-:class:`StringI` and :class:`StringO`.
-
-The following data objects are provided as well:
-
-
-.. data:: InputType
-
-   The type object of the objects created by calling :func:`StringIO` with a string
-   parameter.
-
-
-.. data:: OutputType
-
-   The type object of the objects returned by calling :func:`StringIO` with no
-   parameters.
-
-There is a C API to the module as well; refer to the module source for  more
-information.
-
-Example usage::
-
-   import cStringIO
-
-   output = cStringIO.StringIO()
-   output.write('First line.\n')
-   print('Second line.', file=output)
-
-   # Retrieve file contents -- this will be
-   # 'First line.\nSecond line.\n'
-   contents = output.getvalue()
-
-   # Close object and discard memory buffer -- 
-   # .getvalue() will now raise an exception.
-   output.close()
-

Doc/library/strings.rst

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ string functions based on regular expressions.
    re.rst
    struct.rst
    difflib.rst
-   stringio.rst
    textwrap.rst
    codecs.rst
    unicodedata.rst