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| author | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2008-09-08 02:49:30 (GMT) |
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| committer | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2008-09-08 02:49:30 (GMT) |
| commit | 9a46cab6134eb8e575a54cd52d14eb2f679df718 (patch) | |
| tree | 323b0ada3a15d5f4923fe331cd99963d8dfb18c4 /Doc/library | |
| parent | bd18fd6710a95a4585c9ce17e6ea7040d727d3bc (diff) | |
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remove some more bsddb references
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/collections.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/dbm.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/shelve.rst | 16 |
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst index d2d4f47..94b6726 100644 --- a/Doc/library/collections.rst +++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst @@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ be useful when inheriting directly from :class:`dict` or The specialized containers provided in this module provide alternatives to Python's general purpose built-in containers, :class:`dict`, :class:`list`, :class:`set`, and :class:`tuple`. -Besides the containers provided here, the optional :mod:`bsddb` -module offers the ability to create in-memory or file based ordered -dictionaries with string keys using the :meth:`bsddb.btopen` method. In addition to containers, the collections module provides some ABCs (abstract base classes) that can be used to test whether a class diff --git a/Doc/library/dbm.rst b/Doc/library/dbm.rst index 09069e8..932c2a7 100644 --- a/Doc/library/dbm.rst +++ b/Doc/library/dbm.rst @@ -268,9 +268,9 @@ to simplify building this module. database modules. The :mod:`dbm.dumb` module provides a persistent dictionary-like interface which -is written entirely in Python. Unlike other modules such as :mod:`gdbm` and -:mod:`bsddb`, no external library is required. As with other persistent -mappings, the keys and values must always be strings. +is written entirely in Python. Unlike other modules such as :mod:`gdbm` no +external library is required. As with other persistent mappings, the keys and +values must always be strings. The module defines the following: diff --git a/Doc/library/shelve.rst b/Doc/library/shelve.rst index 2dee026..1c35f47 100644 --- a/Doc/library/shelve.rst +++ b/Doc/library/shelve.rst @@ -55,15 +55,14 @@ Restrictions .. index:: module: dbm.ndbm module: dbm.gnu - module: bsddb -* The choice of which database package will be used (such as :mod:`dbm.ndbm`, - :mod:`dbm.gnu` or :mod:`bsddb`) depends on which interface is available. Therefore - it is not safe to open the database directly using :mod:`dbm`. The database is - also (unfortunately) subject to the limitations of :mod:`dbm`, if it is used --- +* The choice of which database package will be used (such as :mod:`dbm.ndbm` or + :mod:`dbm.gnu`) depends on which interface is available. Therefore it is not + safe to open the database directly using :mod:`dbm`. The database is also + (unfortunately) subject to the limitations of :mod:`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. + database should be fairly small, and in rare cases key collisions may cause + the database to refuse updates. * Depending on the implementation, closing a persistent dictionary may or may not be necessary to flush changes to disk. The :meth:`__del__` method of the @@ -155,9 +154,6 @@ object):: Module :mod:`dbm` Generic interface to ``dbm``-style databases. - Module :mod:`bsddb` - BSD ``db`` database interface. - Module :mod:`pickle` Object serialization used by :mod:`shelve`. |