Sep 21, 2011 · The pickle module implements a fundamental, but powerful algorithm for serializing and de-serializing a Python object structure. Pickling - is the process whereby a …

I have looked through the information that the Python documentation for pickle gives, but I'm still a little confused. What would be some sample code that would write a new file and then use …

I prefer JSON over pickle for my serialization. Unpickling can run arbitrary code, and using pickle to transfer data between programs or store data between sessions is a security hole. JSON …

The following is an example of how you might write and read a pickle file. Note that if you keep appending pickle data to the file, you will need to continue reading from the file until you find …

It seems you want to save your class instances across sessions, and using pickle is a decent way to do this. However, there's a package called klepto that abstracts the saving of objects to a …

Dec 25, 2010 · pickle can read and write files in several different, Python-specific, formats, called protocols as described in the documentation, "Protocol version 0" is ASCII and therefore …

Aug 10, 2009 · I'm trying to transfer a function across a network connection (using asyncore). Is there an easy way to serialize a python function (one that, in this case at least, will have no …

Aug 30, 2010 · This is done to store the python objects and is also called as . You can infer from this what de-serialization or unpickling means. So when we say an object is picklable it means …

Pickle is unsafe because it constructs arbitrary Python objects by invoking arbitrary functions. However, this is also gives it the power to serialize almost any Python object, without any …

As pickle's docs say, in order to save and restore a class instance (actually a function, too), you must respect certain constraints: pickle can save and restore class instances transparently, …