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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 15:06:25 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Fix misleading docsting of shelve.open(). (GH-6427)
X-Git-Tag: v3.6.6rc1~189
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2d01ac59178028ba091a5da9d3ac5d1d54dfc38f;p=python

Fix misleading docsting of shelve.open(). (GH-6427)


The protocol parameter can be any protocol supported by the
pickle module.
(cherry picked from commit 2ef65f346a5e829a886c075f519e3a49a2ebbde7)

Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Lib/shelve.py b/Lib/shelve.py
index 581baf1e6f..dfd7316b7f 100644
--- a/Lib/shelve.py
+++ b/Lib/shelve.py
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def open(filename, flag='c', protocol=None, writeback=False):
     filename and more than one file may be created.  The optional flag
     parameter has the same interpretation as the flag parameter of
     dbm.open(). The optional protocol parameter specifies the
-    version of the pickle protocol (0, 1, or 2).
+    version of the pickle protocol.
 
     See the module's __doc__ string for an overview of the interface.
     """