[Python-3000] [Python-Dev] Removing bsddb module from py3k (was Re: No beta2 tonight)

[Jesus Cea]

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Josiah Carlson wrote:
| On-disk key -> value dictionary.  In every use of bsddb that I've seen
| (or done myself), that's been the extent of it's use.  That's what I
| *was* offering.  But it seems that everyone has had experience with
| bsddb on a far deeper level (beyond dictionary + cursor access), and
| would find (like you) absolutely no use in an on-disk dictionary with
| a sqlite backend (which hasn't had the same maintenance issues as
| bsddb), which is why I withdrew the offer.

For such a simple application, you can use the already in stdlib "gdbm"
module. Just remember it is not transactional, so beware diskfulls,
application crashes, etc.

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