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diff --git a/Doc/library/dbm.rst b/Doc/library/dbm.rst index 6f64196..2a1db91 100644 --- a/Doc/library/dbm.rst +++ b/Doc/library/dbm.rst @@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ The individual submodules are described in the following sections. :platform: Unix :synopsis: GNU's reinterpretation of dbm. +**Source code:** :source:`Lib/dbm/gnu.py` + +-------------- This module is quite similar to the :mod:`dbm` module, but uses the GNU library ``gdbm`` instead to provide some additional functionality. Please note that the @@ -237,6 +240,9 @@ supported. :platform: Unix :synopsis: The standard "database" interface, based on ndbm. +**Source code:** :source:`Lib/dbm/ndbm.py` + +-------------- The :mod:`dbm.ndbm` module provides an interface to the Unix "(n)dbm" library. Dbm objects behave like mappings (dictionaries), except that keys and values are @@ -299,6 +305,8 @@ to locate the appropriate header file to simplify building this module. .. module:: dbm.dumb :synopsis: Portable implementation of the simple DBM interface. +**Source code:** :source:`Lib/dbm/dumb.py` + .. index:: single: databases .. note:: @@ -308,6 +316,8 @@ to locate the appropriate header file to simplify building this module. module is not written for speed and is not nearly as heavily used as the other database modules. +-------------- + The :mod:`dbm.dumb` module provides a persistent dictionary-like interface which is written entirely in Python. Unlike other modules such as :mod:`dbm.gnu` no external library is required. As with other persistent mappings, the keys and |