>> 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?
Joe> Well, here's a thought: create a zip file (using the standard
Joe> zipfile module), and pickle your data into that.
Also, specify a pickle binary protool. Here's a silly example:
>>> len(pickle.dumps([1,2,3], pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL))
14
>>> len(pickle.dumps([1,2,3], 0))
18
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