@@ -55,15 +55,14 @@ Restrictions
5555 .. index ::
5656 module: dbm.ndbm
5757 module: dbm.gnu
58- module: bsddb
5958
60- * The choice of which database package will be used (such as :mod: `dbm.ndbm `,
61- :mod: `dbm.gnu ` or :mod: ` bsddb ` ) depends on which interface is available. Therefore
62- it is not safe to open the database directly using :mod: `dbm `. The database is
63- also (unfortunately) subject to the limitations of :mod: `dbm `, if it is used ---
59+ * The choice of which database package will be used (such as :mod: `dbm.ndbm ` or
60+ :mod: `dbm.gnu `) depends on which interface is available. Therefore it is not
61+ safe to open the database directly using :mod: `dbm `. The database is also
62+ (unfortunately) subject to the limitations of :mod: `dbm `, if it is used ---
6463 this means that (the pickled representation of) the objects stored in the
65- database should be fairly small, and in rare cases key collisions may cause the
66- database to refuse updates.
64+ database should be fairly small, and in rare cases key collisions may cause
65+ the database to refuse updates.
6766
6867* Depending on the implementation, closing a persistent dictionary may or may
6968 not be necessary to flush changes to disk. The :meth: `__del__ ` method of the
@@ -155,9 +154,6 @@ object)::
155154 Module :mod: `dbm `
156155 Generic interface to ``dbm ``-style databases.
157156
158- Module :mod: `bsddb `
159- BSD ``db `` database interface.
160-
161157 Module :mod: `pickle `
162158 Object serialization used by :mod: `shelve `.
163159
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