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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-01-10 00:31:14 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-01-10 00:31:14 (GMT)
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shelve.py: database of persistent objects, on top of pickle.py and anydbm.py
pickle.py: new low-level persistency module (used to be called flatten) dbmac.py: stupid dbm clone for the Mac anydbm.py: generic dbm interface (should be extended to support gdbm)
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+"""A generic interface to all dbm clones."""
+
+try:
+ import dbm
+ def open(file, mode = 'rw'):
+ return dbm.open(file, mode, 0666)
+except ImportError:
+ import dbmac
+ open = dbmac.open