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1 PyPy bindings to the GNU dbm library.
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3 GNU dbm (or GDBM, for short) is a library of database functions that
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4 use extensible hashing and work similar to the standard UNIX
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5 dbm. These routines are provided to a programmer needing to create and
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6 manipulate a hashed database (as key/data pairs).