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diff --git a/docs/library/btree.rst b/docs/library/btree.rst index c093f970f..9d1dcf111 100644 --- a/docs/library/btree.rst +++ b/docs/library/btree.rst @@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ value, a database also supports efficient ordered range scans (retrieval of values with the keys in a given range). On the application interface side, BTree database work as close a possible to a way standard `dict` type works, one notable difference is that both keys and values must -be `bytes` objects (so, if you want to store objects of other types, you -need to serialize them to `bytes` first). +be `bytes`-like objects (so, if you want to store objects of other types, you +need to first serialize them to `str` or `bytes` or another type that supports +the buffer protocol). The module is based on the well-known BerkelyDB library, version 1.xx. |