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diff --git a/Doc/library/shelve.rst b/Doc/library/shelve.rst index db66a63..f08c581 100644 --- a/Doc/library/shelve.rst +++ b/Doc/library/shelve.rst @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ lots of shared sub-objects. The keys are ordinary strings. Because of Python semantics, a shelf cannot know when a mutable persistent-dictionary entry is modified. By default modified objects are written *only* when assigned to the shelf (see :ref:`shelve-example`). If the - optional *writeback* parameter is set to *True*, all entries accessed are also + optional *writeback* parameter is set to ``True``, all entries accessed are also cached in memory, and written back on :meth:`~Shelf.sync` and :meth:`~Shelf.close`; this can make it handier to mutate mutable entries in the persistent dictionary, but, if many entries are accessed, it can consume |