add example function

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Benjamin Peterson 2009-05-12 20:47:57 +00:00
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The standard streams are in text mode by default. To write or read binary
data to these, use the underlying binary buffer. For example, to write bytes
to :data:`stdout`, use ``sys.stdout.buffer.write(b'abc')``. Using
:meth:`io.TextIOWrapper.detach` streams can be made binary by default.
:meth:`io.TextIOWrapper.detach` streams can be made binary by default. For
example, this function sets all the standard streams to binary: ::
def make_streams_binary():
sys.stdin = sys.stdin.detach()
sys.stdout = sys.stout.detach()
sys.stderr = sys.stderr.detach()
.. data:: __stdin__