[stdlib-sig] PEP 3108 - dbm

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 2008-01-22 12:23, Antoine wrote:
>>> If you have another package name I am open to hear it.
>> Ideal would be data storage manager, since that's what they
>> are all about, but "dsm" isn't intuitive enough. How about
>> "datastore" ?
> 
> 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.

Anyway, don't really think it's a big deal, just thought I'd
mention it.

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