httpclient: clarify docs of HTTPResponse.body

Closes #1775
2016-07-24 20:58:27 -04:00 · 2016-07-24 20:58:27 -04:00 · d1cab4aff5
parent ead8497254
commit d1cab4aff5
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--- a/tornado/httpclient.py
+++ b/tornado/httpclient.py
@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ class HTTPResponse(object):

    * buffer: ``cStringIO`` object for response body

-    * body: response body as string (created on demand from ``self.buffer``)
+    * body: response body as bytes (created on demand from ``self.buffer``)

    * error: Exception object, if any