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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libanydbm.tex b/Doc/lib/libanydbm.tex index 592fd21..bba7714 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libanydbm.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libanydbm.tex @@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ 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 +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 +used. + The optional \var{flag} argument can be \code{'r'} to open an existing database for reading only, \code{'w'} to open an existing database for reading and writing, @@ -24,8 +30,10 @@ only when the database has to be created. It defaults to octal \end{funcdesc} \begin{excdesc}{error} -An alternate name for the \exception{error} exception defined by the -underlying database implementation. +A tuple containing the exceptions that can be raised by each of the +supported modules, with a unique exception \exception{anydbm.error} as +the first item --- the latter is used when \exception{anydbm.error} is +raised. \end{excdesc} The object returned by \function{open()} supports most of the same |