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Improve error message on dbm.open #80413

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rougeth mannequin opened this issue Mar 8, 2019 · 3 comments
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Improve error message on dbm.open #80413

rougeth mannequin opened this issue Mar 8, 2019 · 3 comments

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rougeth mannequin commented Mar 8, 2019

BPO 36232
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  • bpo-36232: Improve error message on dbm.open() when the db doesn't exist #12060
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    rougeth mannequin commented Mar 8, 2019

    If dbm.open is used with the flags 'r' or 'w' (read-only) to open a file that doesn't exist, it raises an exception with the message "need 'c' or 'n' flag to open new db". It'd be better to have a more explicit error message like "db file doesn't exist, use 'c' or 'n' flag to open new db".

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    New changeset 81c5a90 by Brett Cannon (Marco Rougeth) in branch 'master':
    bpo-36232: Improve error message on dbm.open() when the db doesn't exist (GH-12060)
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    I think that this issue solved. Can we close this issue?

    @rougeth rougeth mannequin closed this as completed Sep 25, 2019
    @ezio-melotti ezio-melotti transferred this issue from another repository Apr 10, 2022
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