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diff --git a/Lib/anydbm.py b/Lib/anydbm.py index ef913bb..cb43a93 100644 --- a/Lib/anydbm.py +++ b/Lib/anydbm.py @@ -34,12 +34,11 @@ implementations. The open function has an optional second argument. This can be 'r', for read-only access, 'w', for read-write access of an existing -database, 'n' or 'c' for read-write access to a new database. The -default is 'r'. +database, 'c' for read-write access to a new or existing database, and +'n' for read-write access to a new database. The default is 'r'. -Note: the difference between 'w' and 'n' is that 'w' fails if the -database doesn't already exist. There appears to be no difference -between 'n' and 'c'. +Note: 'r' and 'w' fail if the database doesn't exist; 'c' creates it +only if it doesn't exist; and 'n' always creates a new database. """ |