change default flag to match dbm/gdbm

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Guido van Rossum 1995-08-11 14:18:27 +00:00
parent 1035a892a1
commit e03a86c3d9
1 changed files with 3 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ decide which module to use based upon the extension or contents of an
existing database file.
The open function has an optional second argument. This can be set to
'r' to open the database for reading only. The default is 'w', which
differs from the dbm default ('r') for historic reasons.
'r' to open the database for reading only. The default is 'r', like
the dbm default.
"""
@ -47,5 +47,5 @@ for _name in _names:
break
else:
raise ImportError, "no dbm clone found; tried %s" % _names
def open(file, flag = 'w', mode = 0666):
def open(file, flag = 'r', mode = 0666):
return _mod.open(file, flag, mode)