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author | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> | 2010-07-29 16:26:56 (GMT) |
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committer | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> | 2010-07-29 16:26:56 (GMT) |
commit | 1cec3e367c4cdead47eff7ec1f3d65c342daf92f (patch) | |
tree | 7de60744f1a5fad43ce5baf7a18668035b479402 /Lib/dbm/__init__.py | |
parent | 8a1caa2361b86baeadfe5343b0c74fe9dec2a4ce (diff) | |
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#9397: remove mention of dbm.bsd which does not exist anymore.
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-rw-r--r-- | Lib/dbm/__init__.py | 21 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/dbm/__init__.py b/Lib/dbm/__init__.py index add6626..b2a254a 100644 --- a/Lib/dbm/__init__.py +++ b/Lib/dbm/__init__.py @@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ Use import dbm d = dbm.open(file, 'w', 0o666) -The returned object is a dbm.bsd, dbm.gnu, dbm.ndbm or dbm.dumb -object, dependent on the type of database being opened (determined by -the whichdb function) in the case of an existing dbm. If the dbm does -not exist and the create or new flag ('c' or 'n') was specified, the -dbm type will be determined by the availability of the modules (tested -in the above order). +The returned object is a dbm.gnu, dbm.ndbm or dbm.dumb object, dependent on the +type of database being opened (determined by the whichdb function) in the case +of an existing dbm. If the dbm does not exist and the create or new flag ('c' +or 'n') was specified, the dbm type will be determined by the availability of +the modules (tested in the above order). It has the following interface (key and data are strings): @@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ import sys class error(Exception): pass -_names = ['dbm.bsd', 'dbm.gnu', 'dbm.ndbm', 'dbm.dumb'] +_names = ['dbm.gnu', 'dbm.ndbm', 'dbm.dumb'] _defaultmod = None _modules = {} @@ -168,10 +167,6 @@ def whichdb(filename): if magic == 0x13579ace: return "dbm.gnu" - ## Check for old Berkeley db hash file format v2 - #if magic in (0x00061561, 0x61150600): - # return "bsddb185" # not supported anymore - # Later versions of Berkeley db hash file have a 12-byte pad in # front of the file type try: @@ -179,10 +174,6 @@ def whichdb(filename): except struct.error: return "" - ## Check for BSD hash - #if magic in (0x00061561, 0x61150600): - # return "dbm.bsd" - # Unknown return "" |