Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > On 3/7/2011 4:50 AM, Bob Fnord wrote: > > > I want a portable data file (can be moved around the filesystem > > or copied to another machine and used), > > Used only by Python or by other software?
just Python > > Would a database in a file have any advantages over a file made > > by marshal or shelve? > > If you have read the initial paragraphs of the marshal doc and your > needs fit within its limitations, go ahead and use it. (Also note that > Python could switch to a new version in the future.) OK, I think marshal is just what I need. > Keyed databases have the advantage that you can change the data file. If > you do not need to do that (as opposed to read in, do whatever, and > write out in entirety) then that is no advantage to you. OK, thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
