[issue22964] dbm.open(..., "x")

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: Agree with Batuhan. There are three dbm implementations in the stdlib: dumb, ndbm and gnu. It may be possible to implement the "x" flag in the former two, but gdbm_open() does not support it. Since by default the implementation is chosen automatically in

[issue22964] dbm.open(..., "x")

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[issue22964] dbm.open(..., "x")

Batuhan added the comment: Python directly passes flags to gdbm (or whatever the dbm interface is). gdbm_open((char *)file, 0, flags, mode, NULL)) # _gdbmmodule.c:76 I dont think it is good idea to wrap gdbm for just a flag. -- nosy: +BTaskaya

[issue22964] dbm.open(..., x)

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[issue22964] dbm.open(..., x)

New submission from Antony Lee: It would be nice if dbm.open() supported the x flag that open() now supports (create a new db, failing if it already exists). -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 231835 nosy: Antony.Lee priority: normal severity: normal status: open title:

[issue22964] dbm.open(..., x)

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