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

Jesus Cea jcea at jcea.es
Sun Jul 20 03:44:10 CEST 2008

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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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