Move the dbm module around and add an introductory paragraph for dbm,

gdbm and bsddb, as suggested by Skip Montanaro.
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Guido van Rossum 1997-12-11 16:20:36 +00:00
parent d0ec7616ea
commit 9afad049e0

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@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ errno errnomodule.c # posix (UNIX) errno values
# Some more UNIX dependent modules -- off by default, since these
# are not supported by all UNIX systems:
#dbm dbmmodule.c # dbm(3) may require -lndbm or similar
#nis nismodule.c # Sun yellow pages -- not everywhere
#termios termios.c # Steen Lumholt's termios module
#resource resource.c # Jeremy Hylton's rlimit interface
@ -324,8 +323,18 @@ rotor rotormodule.c # enigma-inspired encryption
#dl dlmodule.c
# Anthony Baxter's gdbm module (derived from Jack's dbm module)
# GNU dbm(3) will require -lgdbm:
# Modules that provide persistent dictionary-like semantics. You will
# probably want to arrange for at least one of them to be available on
# your machine, though none are defined by default because of library
# dependencies. The Python module anydbm.py provides an
# implementation independent wrapper for these; dumbdbm.py provides
# similar functionality (but slower of course) implemented in Python.
# The standard Unix dbm module:
#dbm dbmmodule.c # dbm(3) may require -lndbm or similar
# Anthony Baxter's gdbm module. GNU dbm(3) will require -lgdbm:
#gdbm gdbmmodule.c -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib -lgdbm