very large dictionary

Jorgen Grahn grahn+nntp at snipabacken.se
Sun Aug 3 16:40:02 EDT 2008


On 3 Aug 2008 20:36:33 GMT, Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp at snipabacken.se> wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 01:05:07 -0700 (PDT), Simon Strobl <Simon.Strobl at gmail.com> wrote:
...
>> If there is no other way to do it, I will have to learn how to use
>> databases in Python.
>
> If you use Berkeley DB ("import bsddb"), you don't have to learn much.
> These databases look very much like dictionaries string:string, only
> they are disk-backed.

... all of which Sean pointed out elsewhere in the thread.

Oh well. I guess pointing it out twice doesn't hurt.  bsddb has been
very pleasant to work with for me. I normally avoid database
programming like the plague.

/Jorgen

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