Fix #11491. When dbm.open was called with a file which already exists and

the "flag" argument is "n", dbm.error was being raised. As documented,
dbm.open(...,flag='n') will now "Always create a new, empty database,
open for reading and writing", regardless of a previous file existing.

Lib/test/test_dbm.py

@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ class AnyDBMTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.read_helper(f)
         f.close()
 
+    def test_anydbm_creation_n_file_exists_with_invalid_contents(self):
+        with open(_fname, "w") as w:
+            pass # create an empty file
+
+        f = dbm.open(_fname, 'n')
+        self.addCleanup(f.close)
+        self.assertEqual(len(f), 0)
+
     def test_anydbm_modification(self):
         self.init_db()
         f = dbm.open(_fname, 'c')