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Revision ee0a63bec51088629eb1b3621b805ea697a461fe authored by Guido van Rossum on 13 April 1998, 20:24:05 UTC, committed by Guido van Rossum on 13 April 1998, 20:24:05 UTC 
Move 'dict' struct member to end of struct.  This ensures binary
 
compatibility for shared libraries.

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Tip revision: ee0a63bec51088629eb1b3621b805ea697a461fe authored by Guido van Rossum on 13 April 1998, 20:24:05 UTC
Move 'dict' struct member to end of struct. This ensures binary
Tip revision: ee0a63b
libwhichdb.tex 
\section{Standard Module \module{whichdb}}
\label{module-whichdb}
\stmodindex{whichdb}

The single function in this module attempts to guess which of the
several simple database modules available--dbm, gdbm, or
dbhash--should be used to open a given file.

\begin{funcdesc}{whichdb}{filename}
Returns one of the following values: \code{None} if the file can't be
opened because it's unreadable or doesn't exist; the empty string
(\code{""}) if the file's format can't be guessed; or a string
containing the required module name, such as \code{"dbm"} or
\code{"gdbm"}.
\end{funcdesc}
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