Method _setval

Lib/dbm/dumb.py:174–178

(self, pos, val)

    # pos to hold val, without overwriting some other value.  Return
    # pair (pos, len(val)).
    def _setval(self, pos, val):
        with _io.open(self._datfile, 'rb+') as f:
            f.seek(pos)
            f.write(val)
        return (pos, len(val))

    # key is a new key whose associated value starts in the data file
    # at offset pos and with length siz.  Add an index record to