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#9397: remove mention of dbm.bsd which does not exist anymore.

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Victor Stinner 2010-07-29 16:26:56 +00:00
parent 8a1caa2361
commit 1cec3e367c
1 changed files with 6 additions and 15 deletions
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Lib/dbm/__init__.py
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@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ Use
import dbm
d = dbm.open(file, 'w', 0o666)
The returned object is a dbm.bsd, dbm.gnu, dbm.ndbm or dbm.dumb
object, dependent on the type of database being opened (determined by
the whichdb function) in the case of an existing dbm. If the dbm does
not exist and the create or new flag ('c' or 'n') was specified, the
dbm type will be determined by the availability of the modules (tested
in the above order).
The returned object is a dbm.gnu, dbm.ndbm or dbm.dumb object, dependent on the
type of database being opened (determined by the whichdb function) in the case
of an existing dbm. If the dbm does not exist and the create or new flag ('c'
or 'n') was specified, the dbm type will be determined by the availability of
the modules (tested in the above order).
It has the following interface (key and data are strings):
@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ import sys
class error(Exception):
pass
_names = ['dbm.bsd', 'dbm.gnu', 'dbm.ndbm', 'dbm.dumb']
_names = ['dbm.gnu', 'dbm.ndbm', 'dbm.dumb']
_defaultmod = None
_modules = {}
@ -168,10 +167,6 @@ def whichdb(filename):
if magic == 0x13579ace:
return "dbm.gnu"
## Check for old Berkeley db hash file format v2
#if magic in (0x00061561, 0x61150600):
# return "bsddb185" # not supported anymore
# Later versions of Berkeley db hash file have a 12-byte pad in
# front of the file type
try:
@ -179,10 +174,6 @@ def whichdb(filename):
except struct.error:
return ""
## Check for BSD hash
#if magic in (0x00061561, 0x61150600):
# return "dbm.bsd"
# Unknown
return ""