From 29cf682b71e8b3724ea1b42e25bda5b2755729d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 20:32:59 +0000 Subject: Clarifications on the first(), next(), and previous() functions, based on comments from Detlef Lannert . --- Doc/lib/libbsddb.tex | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libbsddb.tex b/Doc/lib/libbsddb.tex index 1af4bdf..cd0dc07 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libbsddb.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libbsddb.tex @@ -95,18 +95,19 @@ Set the cursor to the item indicated by the key and return it. \begin{methoddesc}{first}{} Set the cursor to the first item in the DB file and return it. The order of -keys in the file is unspecified. +keys in the file is unspecified, except in the case of B-Tree databases. \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}{next}{} Set the cursor to the next item in the DB file and return it. The order of -keys in the file is unspecified. +keys in the file is unspecified, except in the case of B-Tree databases. \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}{previous}{} Set the cursor to the first item in the DB file and return it. The -order of keys in the file is unspecified. This is not supported on -hashtable databases (those opened with \function{hashopen()}). +order of keys in the file is unspecified, except in the case of B-Tree +databases. This is not supported on hashtable databases (those opened +with \function{hashopen()}). \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}{last}{} -- cgit v0.12