> Why is it easier than the above mentioned - they are *there* (except the > custom xml), and just can be used. What don't they do you want to do? > > Other than that, and even security issues put aside, I don't see much > difference between pickle and python code, except the latter being more > verbose. Which suits humans, but other than that has no advantage. > > Diez
My application is PyQt based and objects that I am trying to save are couple of QGraphicsItem instances. You can't save instances of QGraphicsItem using pickle or shelve. Custom xml format would be a real pain as you have to write code for writing/reading both. I am aware of security issue but over all there are only 5 statements I have to use to get the entire information back. I can do syntax checking and other stuff before I should execute the script. Another reason is that data should be in human readable form. Prashant Python 2.6.2 Win XP 32 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
