http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/cf156cfb12e7 changeset: 91398:cf156cfb12e7 branch: 3.3 parent: 91384:92d691c3ca00 user: Jesus Cea <jcea@jcea.es> date: Wed Jun 25 13:05:31 2014 +0200 summary: Closes #20872: dbm/gdbm/ndbm close methods are not documented files: Doc/library/dbm.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/dbm.rst b/Doc/library/dbm.rst --- a/Doc/library/dbm.rst +++ b/Doc/library/dbm.rst @@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ When the database has been opened in fast mode, this method forces any unwritten data to be written to the disk. + .. method:: gdbm.close() + + Close the ``gdbm`` database. :mod:`dbm.ndbm` --- Interface based on ndbm ------------------------------------------- @@ -247,7 +250,7 @@ .. function:: open(filename[, flag[, mode]]) - Open a dbm database and return a ``dbm`` object. The *filename* argument is the + Open a dbm database and return a ``ndbm`` object. The *filename* argument is the name of the database file (without the :file:`.dir` or :file:`.pag` extensions). The optional *flag* argument must be one of these values: @@ -272,6 +275,12 @@ database has to be created. It defaults to octal ``0o666`` (and will be modified by the prevailing umask). + In addition to the dictionary-like methods, ``ndbm`` objects + provide the following method: + + .. method:: ndbm.close() + + Close the ``ndbm`` database. :mod:`dbm.dumb` --- Portable DBM implementation @@ -319,9 +328,14 @@ In addition to the methods provided by the :class:`collections.abc.MutableMapping` class, :class:`dumbdbm` objects - provide the following method: + provide the following methods: .. method:: dumbdbm.sync() Synchronize the on-disk directory and data files. This method is called by the :meth:`Shelve.sync` method. + + .. method:: dumbdbm.close() + + Close the ``dumbdbm`` database. + -- Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython