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Title: bsddb.*open mode should default to 'r' rather than 'c'
Type: Stage:
Components: Library (Lib) Versions: Python 2.3
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: gregory.p.smith Nosy List: barry, gregory.p.smith, mkc
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2003-05-05 22:35 by mkc, last changed 2022-04-10 16:08 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (3)
msg15875 - (view) Author: Mike Coleman (mkc) Date: 2003-05-05 22:35 
In module bsddb, the second argument of the open
functions (e.g., btopen) should default to 'r' rather
than 'c'.  Most (all?) of the other open functions,
both in the various dbm-like modules and for basic I/O
default this way.

If this change is not made, then at least this behavior
should be documented clearly.  Currently it's not
documented at all (as far as I can find).

Cheers,
Mike
msg15876 - (view) Author: Barry A. Warsaw (barry) * (Python committer) Date: 2003-05-19 20:11 
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That certainly would make it more consistent with other *dbm
open functions.  I guess you'd want to change hashopen(),
btopen(), and rnopen().

OTOH, this probably breaks backward compatibility for those
coming from the pybsddb world.  Assigning to Greg Smith to
make final decision.
msg15877 - (view) Author: Gregory P. Smith (gregory.p.smith) * (Python committer) Date: 2003-05-28 07:59 
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It appears that the old bsddb library also defaulted to 'r'
for the *open() functions.  I just committed an update to
the libbsddb.tex documentation source that mentions that 'r'
is the default.  I didn't want to break compatibility with
any existing applications.

hopefully that documentation update will make it into the
2.3 release.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-10 16:08:35adminsetgithub: 38452
2003-05-05 22:35:19mkccreate