export error == IOError

diff --git a/Lib/dumbdbm.py b/Lib/dumbdbm.py
index e35673387930c0b4ff1afc022257b9406025ac93..0ae1e82fad41f31a07c9c6d08878f00365528d56 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/dumbdbm.py
+++ b/Lib/dumbdbm.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ _open = __builtin__.open
 
 _BLOCKSIZE = 512
 
+error = IOError                                # For anydbm
+
 class _Database:
 
        def __init__(self, file):