modern Db and DbEnv object oriented interface see the above mentioned
pybsddb URL.
+\begin{notice}[warning]
+This legacy interface is not thread safe in python 2.3.x or earlier.
+Data corruption, core dumps or deadlocks may occur if you attempt
+multi-threaded access. You must use the modern pybsddb interface
+linked to above if you need multi-threaded or multi-process database
+access.
+\end{notice}
+
The \module{bsddb} module defines the following functions that create
objects that access the appropriate type of Berkeley DB file. The
first two arguments of each function are the same. For ease of