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-rw-r--r--Lib/shelve.py4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/shelve.py b/Lib/shelve.py
index e262d79ec3..9477c5dedb 100644
--- a/Lib/shelve.py
+++ b/Lib/shelve.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Shelf(UserDict.DictMixin):
def __init__(self, dict, binary=False):
self.dict = dict
- self.binary = binary
+ self._binary = binary
def keys(self):
return self.dict.keys()
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Shelf(UserDict.DictMixin):
def __setitem__(self, key, value):
f = StringIO()
- p = Pickler(f, self.binary)
+ p = Pickler(f, self._binary)
p.dump(value)
self.dict[key] = f.getvalue()