editor for shelve files

[Amir Michail]

Hi,

Is there a program for editing shelve databases?

Amir

[David M. Cooke]

"Amir Michail" <am******@gmail.com> writes:

Hi,

Is there a program for editing shelve databases?

Amir

I doubt it. A shelf is basically just a file-based dictionary, where
the keys must be strings, while the values can be arbitrary objects.
An editor could handle the keys, but most likely not the values.

If you have an editor for arbitrary objects, you could probably make
an editor for shelfs easily enough :-)

Do you have a specific use in mind? That would be easier to handle
than the general case.

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[Amir Michail]

David M. Cooke wrote:

"Amir Michail" <am******@gmail.com> writes:

Hi,

Is there a program for editing shelve databases?

Amir
I doubt it. A shelf is basically just a file-based dictionary, where
the keys must be strings, while the values can be arbitrary objects.
An editor could handle the keys, but most likely not the values.

If you have an editor for arbitrary objects, you could probably make
an editor for shelfs easily enough :-)

Do you have a specific use in mind? That would be easier to handle
than the general case.

Such an editor could at least handle some basic types including nested
lists and dictionaries.

I've written an application that uses many shelve files. Sometimes I
need to make a minor change to the data and don't really want to write
code just to make that change.

Amir

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