Shelf

shelve

class (source)

Shelf(dict, protocol=None, writeback=False, keyencoding='utf-8', *, serializer=None, deserializer=None)

Base class for shelf implementations.

This is initialized with a dictionary-like object.
See the module's __doc__ string for an overview of the interface.

Changed in 3.2, 3.4, 3.10, 3.15

3.2: Added the keyencoding parameter; previously, keys were always encoded in UTF-8.
3.4: Added context manager support.
3.10: pickle.DEFAULT_PROTOCOL is now used as the default pickle protocol.
3.15: Added the serializer and deserializer parameters.

Members of Shelf

c

close: Synchronize and close the persistent dict object.

r

reorganize: Calls sync() and attempts to shrink space used on disk by removing empty space resulting from deletions.

s

sync: Write back all entries in the cache if the shelf was opened with writeback set to True.

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