Please help with MemoryError

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Thu Feb 11 23:58:02 EST 2010


In article <mailman.2418.1265942230.28905.python-list at python.org>,
Tim Chase  <python.list at tim.thechases.com> wrote:
>
>Just to add to the mix, I'd put the "anydbm" module on the gradient
>between "using a file" and "using sqlite".  It's a nice intermediate
>step between rolling your own file formats for data on disk, and having
>to write SQL since access is entirely like you'd do with a regular
>Python dictionary.

Not quite.  One critical difference between dbm and dicts is the need to
remember to "save" changes by setting the key's valud again.
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