[stdlib-sig] PEP 3108 - dbm

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 2008-01-22 16:42, Antoine wrote:
>>> The point is that "*dbm" is the standard moniker for the underlying
>>> libraries. They are called "ndbm", "gdbm", etc., and people wanting to
>>> use
>>> them will look for them under that name, not under "datastore" or "dsm"
>>> :-)
>> I know, but that still doesn't make it a good name for *those*
>> modules, IMHO. OTOH, sqlite *is* a dbm, but not in that package.
> 
> No, SQLite is just SQLite, not a *dbm variant (at least, not as far as I
> know). "dbm" is like "emacs": the designation of a quite specific family
> of software with a similar interface.

Right. I meant SQLite is a database manager (dbm) in the true
sense of the word, much like emacs is, well, an emacs :-)

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