On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Gaurav Kalra <gvka...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Noufal. > > >From Wikipedia: > JSON only handle basic Python types like strings, integers, and > collections of basic types, whereas pickle is intended for arbitrary > objects. > > pickle won't be more suitable for what Murugadoss is asking for ?
For general purpose serialisation, json is better. Pickle is a Python specific format that will necessitate that the remote end be Python (or atleast have a sawn off depickler). Also, unpickling involves something like execution and the data is to be treated as malicious (check out the warning here - http://docs.python.org/library/pickle.html). JSON has no such issues since it's just data . With JSON, the remote end is free to be in whatever language you want which is a good thing. It is possible to jsonify arbitrary types but you'll have to decide how. I'm not sure there's much point in serialising code itself and sending it across a line. Well, maybe for something like an RPC mechanism but even then, it shouldn't be code but some data representing an instruction of some kind. -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
