dbm.gnu and dbm.ndbm accept both strings and bytes as keys and values. For the
former they are converted to bytes before being written to the DB.
Closes issue 3799. Reviewed by Skip Montanaro.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index afc3982..bc127e7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
- Issue #4383: When IDLE cannot make the connection to its subprocess, it would
fail to properly display the error message.
+Docs
+----
+
+- Issue #3799: Document that dbm.gnu and dbm.ndbm will accept string arguments
+ for keys and values which will be converted to bytes before committal.
+
What's New in Python 3.0 release candidate 3?
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