[Python-Dev] bsddb alternative (was Re: [issue3769] Deprecate bsddb for removal in 3.0)

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    >> Related but tangential question that we were discussing on the
    >> pygr[0] mailing list -- what is the "official" word on a scalable
    >> object store in Python?  We've been using bsddb, but is there an
    >> alternative?  And what if bsddb is removed?

    Brett> Beyond shelve there are no official plans to add a specific
    Brett> object store.

Unless something has changed while I wasn't looking, shelve requires a
concrete module under the covers: bsddb, gdbm, ndbm, dumbdbm.  It's just a
thin layer over one of them that makes it appear as if you can have keys
which aren't strings.

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