[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-732951 ] bsddb.*open mode should default to 'r' rather than 'c'

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Bugs item #732951, was opened at 2003-05-05 15:35
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.3
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Mike Coleman (mkc)
Assigned to: Gregory P. Smith (greg)
Summary: bsddb.*open mode should default to 'r' rather than 'c'

Initial Comment:
In module bsddb, the second argument of the open
functions (e.g., btopen) should default to 'r' rather
than 'c'.  Most (all?) of the other open functions,
both in the various dbm-like modules and for basic I/O
default this way.

If this change is not made, then at least this behavior
should be documented clearly.  Currently it's not
documented at all (as far as I can find).

Cheers,
Mike

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>Comment By: Gregory P. Smith (greg)
Date: 2003-05-28 00:59

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It appears that the old bsddb library also defaulted to 'r'
for the *open() functions.  I just committed an update to
the libbsddb.tex documentation source that mentions that 'r'
is the default.  I didn't want to break compatibility with
any existing applications.

hopefully that documentation update will make it into the
2.3 release.

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Comment By: Barry A. Warsaw (bwarsaw)
Date: 2003-05-19 13:11

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That certainly would make it more consistent with other *dbm
open functions.  I guess you'd want to change hashopen(),
btopen(), and rnopen().

OTOH, this probably breaks backward compatibility for those
coming from the pybsddb world.  Assigning to Greg Smith to
make final decision.

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