Clarifications on the first(), next(), and previous() functions, based

freddrake · freddrake · commit 29cf682b71e8 · 1999-04-23T20:32:59.000Z
on comments from Detlef Lannert &lt;lannert@lannert.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de&gt;.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libbsddb.tex b/Doc/lib/libbsddb.tex
@@ -95,18 +95,19 @@ \subsection{Hash, BTree and Record Objects \label{bsddb-objects}}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}{first}{}
 Set the cursor to the first item in the DB file and return it.  The order of 
-keys in the file is unspecified.
+keys in the file is unspecified, except in the case of B-Tree databases.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}{next}{}
 Set the cursor to the next item in the DB file and return it.  The order of 
-keys in the file is unspecified.
+keys in the file is unspecified, except in the case of B-Tree databases.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}{previous}{}
 Set the cursor to the first item in the DB file and return it.  The
-order of keys in the file is unspecified.  This is not supported on
-hashtable databases (those opened with \function{hashopen()}).
+order of keys in the file is unspecified, except in the case of B-Tree
+databases.  This is not supported on hashtable databases (those opened
+with \function{hashopen()}).
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}{last}{}
