New upstream version 0.9.15

[location/debian/libloc.git] / src / python / location / __init__.py

diff --git a/src/python/location/__init__.py b/src/python/location/__init__.py
index 9b570c797c552ecf151e451de2b560980a4b27d3..f63573775f3c67729a85cf2df695897aef7d354f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/python/location/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/location/__init__.py
@@ -22,3 +22,13 @@ from _location import *
 
 # Initialise logging
 from . import logger
+
+def open(path=None):
+       """
+               Opens the database at path, or opens the default database.
+       """
+       if not path:
+               path = DATABASE_PATH
+
+       # Open the database
+       return Database(path)