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Kirill Smelkov
cpython
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51a6c905
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51a6c905
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May 09, 1997
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Guido van Rossum
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Added docs for dumbdbm (AMK), and misc small fixes.
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\section
{
Standard Module
\sectcode
{
any
dbm
}}
\section
{
Standard Module
s
\sectcode
{
anydbm
}
and
\sectcode
{
dumb
dbm
}}
\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.
...
...
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ specified, the default value is \code{'r'}.
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}
T
H
e object returned by
\code
{
open()
}
supports most of the same
T
h
e 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.
Doc/libanydbm.tex
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\section
{
Standard Module
\sectcode
{
any
dbm
}}
\section
{
Standard Module
s
\sectcode
{
anydbm
}
and
\sectcode
{
dumb
dbm
}}
\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.
...
...
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ specified, the default value is \code{'r'}.
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}
T
H
e object returned by
\code
{
open()
}
supports most of the same
T
h
e 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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