[Tutor] cannot save changes to dictionary in a shelve file

[Magnus Lycka]

At 23:27 2002-10-16 +0200, Kalle Svensson wrote:
>Try adding 'db["projects"] =3D projects' before 'db.close()'.

So 'projects =3D db[projects]' creates a copy, not a
reference? That's not very pythonic, is it?

It's not so strange that it behaves like this, if
one thinks about the underlying mechanics. But it
is a deviation from the norm that a =3D b suddenly
means copy an object, not make a new reference to
an object. This should be documented in a clearer
way I think.

I must say that I find the docs for this module very
thin... Basically just a very simple usage example.


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