gh-100414: Make dbm.sqlite3 the preferred dbm backend (#115447)

erlend-aasland · web-flow · commit 6d9141ed766f · 2024-02-14T13:47:19.000Z
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ dbm
   from the database.
   (Contributed by Donghee Na in :gh:`107122`.)
 
-* Add new :mod:`dbm.sqlite3` backend.
+* Add new :mod:`dbm.sqlite3` backend, and make it the default :mod:`!dbm` backend.
   (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger and Erlend E. Aasland in :gh:`100414`.)
 
 doctest
diff --git a/Lib/dbm/__init__.py b/Lib/dbm/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 class error(Exception):
     pass
 
-_names = ['dbm.gnu', 'dbm.ndbm', 'dbm.sqlite3', 'dbm.dumb']
+_names = ['dbm.sqlite3', 'dbm.gnu', 'dbm.ndbm', 'dbm.dumb']
 _defaultmod = None
 _modules = {}
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-23-13-03-22.gh-issue-100414.5kTdU5.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-23-13-03-22.gh-issue-100414.5kTdU5.rst
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Add :mod:`dbm.sqlite3` as a backend to :mod:`dbm`.
+Add :mod:`dbm.sqlite3` as a backend to :mod:`dbm`, and make it the new default :mod:`!dbm` backend.
 Patch by Raymond Hettinger and Erlend E. Aasland.

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`@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@`
`1`		-Add :mod:`dbm.sqlite3` as a backend to :mod:`dbm`.
	`1`	+Add :mod:`dbm.sqlite3` as a backend to :mod:`dbm`, and make it the new default :mod:`!dbm` backend.
`2`	`2`	`Patch by Raymond Hettinger and Erlend E. Aasland.`