Mitchell Model <m...@acm.org> added the comment: OK, I've figured out from the comments in the example later on in the shelf documentation what the paragraph is supposed to mean. I still think it should be stated clearly. The distinction to be made is that modifications to the dictionary immediately change the file contents -- d[key] = data and del d[key] are, I think, the only actions that fall under this category -- but getting a value from the shelf then modifying that value does NOT affect the underlying dictionary. Ever. It's not a matter of WHEN, but WHETHER. (when writeback is False)
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