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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/dbm.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst | 5 |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/dbm.rst b/Doc/library/dbm.rst index 2a1db91..32e80b2 100644 --- a/Doc/library/dbm.rst +++ b/Doc/library/dbm.rst @@ -351,6 +351,10 @@ The module defines the following: :func:`.open` always creates a new database when the flag has the value ``'n'``. + .. deprecated-removed:: 3.6 3.8 + Creating database in ``'r'`` and ``'w'`` modes. Modifying database in + ``'r'`` mode. + In addition to the methods provided by the :class:`collections.abc.MutableMapping` class, :class:`dumbdbm` objects provide the following methods: diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst index 1550eef..e13800c 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst @@ -604,6 +604,11 @@ Deprecated features ``__package__`` are not defined now raises an :exc:`ImportWarning`. (Contributed by Rose Ames in :issue:`25791`.) +* Unlike to other :mod:`dbm` implementations, the :mod:`dbm.dumb` module + creates database in ``'r'`` and ``'w'`` modes if it doesn't exist and + allows modifying database in ``'r'`` mode. This behavior is now deprecated + and will be removed in 3.8. + (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`21708`.) Deprecated Python behavior -------------------------- |