Gregory P. Smith <g...@krypto.org> added the comment:
The gdbm module's purpose is effectively one of just exposing the underlying C library APIs to Python as you said. Consider this a +1 in favor of exposing the new APIs in the Python gdbm module. I'm not concerned about anyone wanting these in older Python versions. It really requires a combination of modern software in order to use. Running on a recent kernel version, using a non-default fancy filesystem, and linking against a recent gdbm library. So being a new feature in 3.11 makes sense. Anyone satisfying all of the above is highly likely to already also use a recent CPython. If anyone _really_ wants it for older things, they can maintain backport on PyPI. ---------- nosy: +gregory.p.smith _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue45452> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
