Re: gdbm support of database.c

Mikio> The following lines are forms and their evaluated results; Mikio> (setq test (open-database "~/test" 'gdbm)) --> #<database "/home/minakaji/test" (gdbm/nil/readwrite(create)) 0x465b> Mikio> (set-database-property test 'fastmode t) --> nil Probably you want (set-database-property db KEY VALUE) to return VALUE, like other (set-FOO-property) functions. Mikio> test --> #<database "/home/minakaji/test" (gdbm/nil/readwrite(create, fastmode)) 0x465b> Mikio> (set-database-property test 'fastmode nil) --> nil Mikio> test --> #<database "/home/minakaji/test" (gdbm/nil/readwrite(create)) 0x465b> This looks pretty good. Mikio> `set-database-property' changes fastmode option of TEST database and Mikio> we can find out by simply evaluating database object. Mikio> One of the properties we cannot see is cachesize of the database (but Mikio> we cannot get it by using a gdbm function. How to get it?). What Mikio> else properties are to be seen (either by simply evaluating object or Mikio> using a new Emacs C primitive)? This is what I want to know, but not Mikio> how to get (that is a next question). Does Berkeley db have a special Mikio> options (properties) can be set and can be seen. If you are not interested in investigating similar options for berkeley db, you don't need to work on it. But you are now very qualified to do so. Martin