shelve.py: database of persistent objects, on top of pickle.py and anydbm.py

pickle.py: new low-level persistency module (used to be called flatten)
dbmac.py: stupid dbm clone for the Mac
anydbm.py: generic dbm interface (should be extended to support gdbm)

Lib/anydbm.py

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+"""A generic interface to all dbm clones."""
+
+try:
+	import dbm
+	def open(file, mode = 'rw'):
+		return dbm.open(file, mode, 0666)
+except ImportError:
+	import dbmac
+	open = dbmac.open