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Kirill Smelkov
cpython
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9fe443ac
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9fe443ac
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Dec 15, 1997
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Fred Drake
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Fixed index references to modules.
Placed references closer to usage.
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\section
{
Standard Module
\sectcode
{
shelve
}}
\label
{
module-shelve
}
\stmodindex
{
shelve
}
\stmodindex
{
pickle
}
\bimodindex
{
dbm
}
\bimodindex
{
gdbm
}
A ``shelf'' is a persistent, dictionary-like object. The difference
with ``dbm'' databases is that the values (not the keys!) in a shelf
...
...
@@ -11,6 +8,7 @@ can be essentially arbitrary Python objects --- anything that the
\code
{
pickle
}
module can handle. This includes most class instances,
recursive data types, and objects containing lots of shared
sub-objects. The keys are ordinary strings.
\refstmodindex
{
pickle
}
To summarize the interface (
\code
{
key
}
is a string,
\code
{
data
}
is an
arbitrary object):
...
...
@@ -37,20 +35,23 @@ Restrictions:
\begin{itemize}
\item
The choice of which database package will be used (e.g. dbm or gdbm)
The choice of which database package will be used (e.g.
\code
{
dbm
}
or
\code
{
gdbm
}
)
depends on which interface is available. Therefore it isn't safe to
open the database directly using
dbm
. The database is also
(unfortunately) subject to the limitations of
dbm
, if it is used ---
open the database directly using
\code
{
dbm
}
. The database is also
(unfortunately) subject to the limitations of
\code
{
dbm
}
, if it is used ---
this means that (the pickled representation of) the objects stored in
the database should be fairly small, and in rare cases key collisions
may cause the database to refuse updates.
\refbimodindex
{
dbm
}
\refbimodindex
{
gdbm
}
\item
Dependent on the implementation, closing a persistent dictionary may
or may not be necessary to flush changes to disk.
\item
The
\code
{
shelve
}
module does not support
{
\em
concurrent
}
read/write
The
\code
{
shelve
}
module does not support
\emph
{
concurrent
}
read/write
access to shelved objects. (Multiple simultaneous read accesses are
safe.) When a program has a shelf open for writing, no other program
should have it open for reading or writing.
\UNIX
{}
file locking can
...
...
Doc/libshelve.tex
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\section
{
Standard Module
\sectcode
{
shelve
}}
\label
{
module-shelve
}
\stmodindex
{
shelve
}
\stmodindex
{
pickle
}
\bimodindex
{
dbm
}
\bimodindex
{
gdbm
}
A ``shelf'' is a persistent, dictionary-like object. The difference
with ``dbm'' databases is that the values (not the keys!) in a shelf
...
...
@@ -11,6 +8,7 @@ can be essentially arbitrary Python objects --- anything that the
\code
{
pickle
}
module can handle. This includes most class instances,
recursive data types, and objects containing lots of shared
sub-objects. The keys are ordinary strings.
\refstmodindex
{
pickle
}
To summarize the interface (
\code
{
key
}
is a string,
\code
{
data
}
is an
arbitrary object):
...
...
@@ -37,20 +35,23 @@ Restrictions:
\begin{itemize}
\item
The choice of which database package will be used (e.g. dbm or gdbm)
The choice of which database package will be used (e.g.
\code
{
dbm
}
or
\code
{
gdbm
}
)
depends on which interface is available. Therefore it isn't safe to
open the database directly using
dbm
. The database is also
(unfortunately) subject to the limitations of
dbm
, if it is used ---
open the database directly using
\code
{
dbm
}
. The database is also
(unfortunately) subject to the limitations of
\code
{
dbm
}
, if it is used ---
this means that (the pickled representation of) the objects stored in
the database should be fairly small, and in rare cases key collisions
may cause the database to refuse updates.
\refbimodindex
{
dbm
}
\refbimodindex
{
gdbm
}
\item
Dependent on the implementation, closing a persistent dictionary may
or may not be necessary to flush changes to disk.
\item
The
\code
{
shelve
}
module does not support
{
\em
concurrent
}
read/write
The
\code
{
shelve
}
module does not support
\emph
{
concurrent
}
read/write
access to shelved objects. (Multiple simultaneous read accesses are
safe.) When a program has a shelf open for writing, no other program
should have it open for reading or writing.
\UNIX
{}
file locking can
...
...
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