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diff --git a/Doc/libanydbm.tex b/Doc/libanydbm.tex index 722d395..c7e5ae3 100644 --- a/Doc/libanydbm.tex +++ b/Doc/libanydbm.tex @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ \section{Standard Modules \sectcode{anydbm} and \sectcode{dumbdbm}} +\label{module-anydbm} +\label{module-dumbdbm} \stmodindex{anydbm} \stmodindex{dumbdbm} -\code{anydbm} is a generic interface to variants of the DBM +\module{anydbm} is a generic interface to variants of the DBM database--DBM, GDBM, or dbhash. If none of these modules is -installed, the slow-but-simple implementation in module \code{dumbdbm} +installed, the slow-but-simple implementation in module \module{dumbdbm} will be used. Both modules provide the same interface: % not the best solution, but it's what you get for documenting both @@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ will be used. Both modules provide the same interface: \setindexsubitem{(in modules anydbm, dumbdbm)} \begin{funcdesc}{open}{filename\optional{\, flag\, mode}} -Open the database file \var{filename} and return a corresponding object. +Open the database file \var{filename} and return a corresponding object. 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, @@ -25,13 +27,13 @@ only when the database has to be created. It defaults to octal \code{0666} (and will be modified by the prevailing umask). \end{funcdesc} -The object returned by \code{open()} supports most of the same +The object returned by \function{open()} supports most of the same functionality as dictionaries; keys and their corresponding values can -be stored, retrieved, and deleted, and the \code{has_key()} and -\code{keys()} methods are available. Keys and values must always be +be stored, retrieved, and deleted, and the \method{has_key()} and +\method{keys()} methods are available. Keys and values must always be strings. -Both modules also export the exception \code{error}, which is raised -for various problems. The \code{anydbm.error} exception is simply a -different name for the \code{error} exception of the underlying -implementation module used. +Both modules also export the exception \exception{error}, which is +raised for various problems. The \exception{anydbm.error} exception +is simply a different name for the \exception{error} exception of the +underlying implementation module used. |