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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libanydbm.tex b/Doc/lib/libanydbm.tex index 5e91941..6087378 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libanydbm.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libanydbm.tex @@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ \module{anydbm} is a generic interface to variants of the DBM database --- \module{dbhash}\refbimodindex{dbhash}, -\module{gdbm}\refbimodindex{gdbm}, or \module{dbm}\refbimodindex{dbm}. -If none of these modules is installed, the slow-but-simple -implementation in module \module{dumbdbm}\refstmodindex{dumbdbm} will -be used. +\refmodule{gdbm}\refbimodindex{gdbm}, or +\refmodule{dbm}\refbimodindex{dbm}. If none of these modules is +installed, the slow-but-simple implementation in module +\refmodule{dumbdbm}\refstmodindex{dumbdbm} will be used. \begin{funcdesc}{open}{filename\optional{, flag\optional{, mode}}} Open the database file \var{filename} and return a corresponding object. -If the database file already exists, the \module{whichdb} module is +If the database file already exists, the \refmodule{whichdb} module is used to determine its type and the appropriate module is used; if it -doesn't exist, the first module listed above that can be imported is +does not exist, the first module listed above that can be imported is used. The optional \var{flag} argument can be @@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ be stored, retrieved, and deleted, and the \method{has_key()} and strings. +\begin{seealso} + \seemodule{anydbm}{Generic interface to \code{dbm}-style databases.} + % Should include entry for dbhash, but that isn't documented. + \seemodule{dbm}{Standard \UNIX{} database interface.} + \seemodule{dumbdbm}{Portable implementation of the \code{dbm} interface.} + \seemodule{gdbm}{GNU database interface, based on the \code{dbm} interface.} + \seemodule{shelve}{General object persistence built on top of + the Python \code{dbm} interface.} + \seemodule{whichdb}{Utility module used to determine the type of an + existing database.} +\end{seealso} + \section{\module{dumbdbm} --- Portable DBM implementation} |