Gary Herron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
> fixed, I see another bit of trouble. The pickle format is a binary
> format (be default), but you don't open the file in binary mode. On
Alas, wish it were:-(.
Unfortunately, snipping the right snippet from help(pickle) ...:
"""
| The optional protocol argument tells the pickler to use the
| given protocol; supported protocols are 0, 1, 2. The
default
| protocol is 0, to be backwards compatible. (Protocol 0 is
the
| only protocol that can be written to a file opened in text
| mode and read back successfully. When using a protocol
higher
| than 0, make sure the file is opened in binary mode, both
when
| pickling and unpickling.)
|
| Protocol 1 is more efficient than protocol 0; protocol 2 is
| more efficient than protocol 1.
"""
So, by default, you're using the most inefficient protocol... but, you
can write it out to a file opened in text mode and read it back.
Alex
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