change default flag to match dbm/gdbm

diff --git a/Lib/anydbm.py b/Lib/anydbm.py
index a3451f57d3c80c27cd0831d4adfa966082fea677..72dd19574b739f4c272f0fcdd0183ce630435fe1 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/anydbm.py
+++ b/Lib/anydbm.py
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ decide which module to use based upon the extension or contents of an
 existing database file.
 
 The open function has an optional second argument.  This can be set to
-'r' to open the database for reading only.  The default is 'w', which
-differs from the dbm default ('r') for historic reasons.
+'r' to open the database for reading only.  The default is 'r', like
+the dbm default.
 
 """
 
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@ for _name in _names:
                break
 else:
        raise ImportError, "no dbm clone found; tried %s" % _names
-def open(file, flag = 'w', mode = 0666):
+def open(file, flag = 'r', mode = 0666):
        return _mod.open(file, flag, mode)