I used pickle and found the file was saved in text format. I wonder whether anyone is familiar with a good compact off-the-shelf module available that will save in compressed format... or maybe an opinion on a smart approach for making a custom one? Appreciate it! I'm a bit of a n00b but have been looking around. I found a serialize.py but it seems like overkill.
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