[Python-Dev] Re: Berkeley DB

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Eric S. Raymond writes:
 > There is already a bsddbmodule.c.  Can somebody explain why some module names
 > have a leading underscore and some don't?

  I was under the impression that db_wrap was an implementation detail
for some Python code; module names with a leading underscore are not
intended to be directly used by anything other than a Python wrapper
module.  The existing bsddb module *is* the public interface; if
db_wrap is a direct replacment, it should be called bsddb instead of
_bsddb.  


  -Fred

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