Bruno> If you serialize a dict, you'll obviously get a dict back. Note
Bruno> that the point of json is *not* to replace pickle. json is a
Bruno> *data* serialization format meant to represent "basic" types
Bruno> (dicts, lists, strings and numbers) in human readable and
Bruno> (mostly) language-agnostic way.
Right, which makes it unsuitable as a general object serialization format.
The OP was unclear what he meant when he asked about storing Python objects
in a sqlite database. In the general case json doesn't cut it.
Bruno> If you want a Python object store, you'll be better looking at
Bruno> ZODB, Durus or friends. --
Or SQLAlchemy or SQLObject.
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