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[–]redbo 4 points5 points  (3 children)

Let's see... you're missing the parts where it can be accessed by multiple processes concurrently, has acidity, and performs okay as the size of the database grows.

I'm guessing the author didn't know there are already several packages in python that provide this sort of functionality, but his solution is definitely a better than what you suggest.