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Manual merge of r72710: use table of flags for dbm.open description.

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Georg Brandl 2009-05-25 21:15:01 +00:00
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determine its type and the appropriate module is used; if it does not exist,
the first module listed above that can be imported is used.
The optional *flag* argument can be ``'r'`` to open an existing database for
reading only, ``'w'`` to open an existing database for reading and writing,
``'c'`` to create the database if it doesn't exist, or ``'n'``, which will
always create a new empty database. If not specified, the default value is
``'r'``.
The optional *flag* argument can be:
+---------+-------------------------------------------+
| Value | Meaning |
+=========+===========================================+
| ``'r'`` | Open existing database for reading only |
| | (default) |
+---------+-------------------------------------------+
| ``'w'`` | Open existing database for reading and |
| | writing |
+---------+-------------------------------------------+
| ``'c'`` | Open database for reading and writing, |
| | creating it if it doesn't exist |
+---------+-------------------------------------------+
| ``'n'`` | Always create a new, empty database, open |
| | for reading and writing |
+---------+-------------------------------------------+
The optional *mode* argument is the Unix mode of the file, used only when the
database has to be created. It defaults to octal ``0o666`` (and will be