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Added docs for dumbdbm (AMK), and misc small fixes.

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Guido van Rossum 1997-05-09 02:23:45 +00:00
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\section{Standard Module \sectcode{anydbm}}
\section{Standard Modules \sectcode{anydbm} and \sectcode{dumbdbm}}
\stmodindex{anydbm}
\stmodindex{dumbdbm}
\code{anydbm} is a generic interface to variants of the DBM
database--DBM, GDBM, or dbhash. If none of these modules is
installed, the slow-but-simple implementation in \file{dumbdbm.py}
will be used.
installed, the slow-but-simple implementation in module \code{dumbdbm}
will be used. Both modules provide the same interface:
\begin{funcdesc}{open}{filename\optional{\, flag\, mode}}
Open the database file \var{filename} and return a corresponding object.
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The optional \var{mode} argument is the \UNIX{} mode of the file, used
only when the database has to be created. It defaults to octal
\code{0666}.
\code{0666} (and will be modified by the prevailing umask).
\end{funcdesc}
THe object returned by \code{open()} supports most of the same
The object returned by \code{open()} supports most of the same
functionality as dictionaries; keys and their corresponding values can
be stored, retrieved, and deleted, and the \code{has_key()} and
\code{keys()} methods are available. Keys and values must always be strings.
\code{keys()} methods are available. Keys and values must always be
strings.
Both modules also export the exception \code{error}, which is raised
for various problems. The \code{anydbm.error} exception is simply a
different name for the \code{error} exception of the underlying
implementation module used.

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\section{Standard Module \sectcode{anydbm}}
\section{Standard Modules \sectcode{anydbm} and \sectcode{dumbdbm}}
\stmodindex{anydbm}
\stmodindex{dumbdbm}
\code{anydbm} is a generic interface to variants of the DBM
database--DBM, GDBM, or dbhash. If none of these modules is
installed, the slow-but-simple implementation in \file{dumbdbm.py}
will be used.
installed, the slow-but-simple implementation in module \code{dumbdbm}
will be used. Both modules provide the same interface:
\begin{funcdesc}{open}{filename\optional{\, flag\, mode}}
Open the database file \var{filename} and return a corresponding object.
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The optional \var{mode} argument is the \UNIX{} mode of the file, used
only when the database has to be created. It defaults to octal
\code{0666}.
\code{0666} (and will be modified by the prevailing umask).
\end{funcdesc}
THe object returned by \code{open()} supports most of the same
The object returned by \code{open()} supports most of the same
functionality as dictionaries; keys and their corresponding values can
be stored, retrieved, and deleted, and the \code{has_key()} and
\code{keys()} methods are available. Keys and values must always be strings.
\code{keys()} methods are available. Keys and values must always be
strings.
Both modules also export the exception \code{error}, which is raised
for various problems. The \code{anydbm.error} exception is simply a
different name for the \code{error} exception of the underlying
implementation module used.