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-\section{Standard Module \module{anydbm}}
-\label{module-anydbm}
-\stmodindex{anydbm}
-
-\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.
-
-\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,
-\code{'c'} to create the database if it doesn't exist, or
-\code{'n'}, which will always create a new empty database. If not
-specified, the default value is \code{'r'}.
-
-The optional \var{mode} argument is the \UNIX{} mode of the file, used
-only when the database has to be created. It defaults to octal
-\code{0666} (and will be modified by the prevailing umask).
-\end{funcdesc}
-
-\begin{excdesc}{error}
-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
-functionality as dictionaries; keys and their corresponding values can
-be stored, retrieved, and deleted, and the \method{has_key()} and
-\method{keys()} methods are available. Keys and values must always be
-strings.
-
-
-
-\section{Standard Module \module{dumbdbm}}
-\label{module-dumbdbm}
-\stmodindex{dumbdbm}
-
-A simple and slow database implemented entirely in Python. This
-should only be used when no other DBM-style database is available.
-
-
-\begin{funcdesc}{open}{filename\optional{, flag\optional{, mode}}}
-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,
-\code{'c'} to create the database if it doesn't exist, or
-\code{'n'}, which will always create a new empty database. If not
-specified, the default value is \code{'r'}.
-
-The optional \var{mode} argument is the \UNIX{} mode of the file, used
-only when the database has to be created. It defaults to octal
-\code{0666} (and will be modified by the prevailing umask).
-\end{funcdesc}
-
-\begin{excdesc}{error}
-Raised for errors not reported as \exception{KeyError} errors.
-\end{excdesc}