Ville Vainio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>>>> "Ilpo" == Ilpo Nyyssönen <iny> writes: > > Ilpo> Pickle doesn't have validation. I am not comfortable for > Ilpo> using it as storage format that should be reliable over > Ilpo> years when the program evolves. It also doesn't tell me if > > That's why you should implement xml import/export mechanism and use > the xml file as the "canonical" data, while the pickle is only a cache > for the data.
Would make the program too complex, unless it is done by a library. I actually prefer saving only once and doing that in fast, reliable way. > > Ilpo> How can it work automatically in separate module? Replacing > Ilpo> the re.compile with something sounds possible way of getting > Ilpo> the regexps, but how and where to store the compiled data? > Ilpo> Is there a way to put it to the byte code file? > > Do what you already did - dump the regexp cache to a separate file. That didn't get all of the regexps. It only got the regexps that were loaded in the time I dumped the cache. -- Ilpo Nyyssönen # biny # /* :-) */ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
