summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Misc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorbriancurtin <brian.curtin@gmail.com>2011-03-14 20:03:54 (GMT)
committerbriancurtin <brian.curtin@gmail.com>2011-03-14 20:03:54 (GMT)
commit525c25d42f8740111d14b9f8ca56cc2762175eaf (patch)
treec5ba27fca894c9a4fb455c0ada32eb1d004cc950 /Misc
parentd9a7c4b8e56ddf8be878de284b8a29d4346ec0f8 (diff)
downloadcpython-525c25d42f8740111d14b9f8ca56cc2762175eaf.zip
cpython-525c25d42f8740111d14b9f8ca56cc2762175eaf.tar.gz
cpython-525c25d42f8740111d14b9f8ca56cc2762175eaf.tar.bz2
Fix #11491. When dbm.open was called with a file which already exists and
the "flag" argument is "n", dbm.error was being raised. As documented, dbm.open(...,flag='n') will now "Always create a new, empty database, open for reading and writing", regardless of a previous file existing.
Diffstat (limited to 'Misc')
-rw-r--r--Misc/ACKS1
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS4
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index d507ade..a11bcf0 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ Benjamin Collar
Jeffery Collins
Robert Collins
Paul Colomiets
+Denver Coneybeare
Geremy Condra
Juan José Conti
Matt Conway
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index bcda530..f3442a5 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #11491: dbm.error is no longer raised when dbm.open is called with
+ the "n" as the flag argument and the file exists. The behavior matches
+ the documentation and general logic.
+
- Issue #11131: Fix sign of zero in decimal.Decimal plus and minus
operations when the rounding mode is ROUND_FLOOR.