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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/shelve.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/shelve.py b/Lib/shelve.py index 9477c5d..982c4e2 100644 --- a/Lib/shelve.py +++ b/Lib/shelve.py @@ -157,7 +157,13 @@ class DbfilenameShelf(Shelf): def open(filename, flag='c', binary=False): """Open a persistent dictionary for reading and writing. - Argument is the filename for the dbm database. + The filename parameter is the base filename for the underlying database. + As a side-effect, an extension may be added to the filename and more + than one file may be created. The optional flag parameter has the + same interpretation as the flag parameter of anydbm.open(). The + optional binary parameter may be set to True to force the use of binary + pickles for serializing data values. + See the module's __doc__ string for an overview of the interface. """ |