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diff --git a/Doc/library/dbm.rst b/Doc/library/dbm.rst index 413d244..babff3b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/dbm.rst +++ b/Doc/library/dbm.rst @@ -160,10 +160,6 @@ The :mod:`dbm.gnu` module provides an interface to the :abbr:`GDBM (GNU dbm)` library, similar to the :mod:`dbm.ndbm` module, but with additional functionality like crash tolerance. -:class:`!gdbm` objects behave similar to :term:`mappings <mapping>`, -except that keys and values are always converted to :class:`bytes` before storing, -and the :meth:`!items` and :meth:`!values` methods are not supported. - .. note:: |incompat_note| .. exception:: error @@ -211,8 +207,9 @@ and the :meth:`!items` and :meth:`!values` methods are not supported. A string of characters the *flag* parameter of :meth:`~dbm.gnu.open` supports. - In addition to the dictionary-like methods, :class:`gdbm` objects have the - following methods and attributes: + :class:`!gdbm` objects behave similar to :term:`mappings <mapping>`, + but :meth:`!items` and :meth:`!values` methods are not supported. + The following methods are also provided: .. method:: gdbm.firstkey() @@ -263,10 +260,6 @@ and the :meth:`!items` and :meth:`!values` methods are not supported. The :mod:`dbm.ndbm` module provides an interface to the :abbr:`NDBM (New Database Manager)` library. -:class:`!ndbm` objects behave similar to :term:`mappings <mapping>`, -except that keys and values are always stored as :class:`bytes`, -and the :meth:`!items` and :meth:`!values` methods are not supported. - This module can be used with the "classic" NDBM interface or the :abbr:`GDBM (GNU dbm)` compatibility interface. @@ -308,8 +301,9 @@ This module can be used with the "classic" NDBM interface or the :param int mode: |mode_param_doc| - In addition to the dictionary-like methods, :class:`!ndbm` objects - provide the following method: + :class:`!ndbm` objects behave similar to :term:`mappings <mapping>`, + but :meth:`!items` and :meth:`!values` methods are not supported. + The following methods are also provided: .. versionchanged:: 3.11 Accepts :term:`path-like object` for filename. @@ -342,8 +336,6 @@ The :mod:`dbm.dumb` module provides a persistent :class:`dict`-like interface which is written entirely in Python. Unlike other :mod:`dbm` backends, such as :mod:`dbm.gnu`, no external library is required. -As with other :mod:`dbm` backends, -the keys and values are always stored as :class:`bytes`. The :mod:`!dbm.dumb` module defines the following: |